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mayoress

[ mey-er-is, mair-is ]

noun

  1. a woman who is the chief executive official of a city, village, or town.
  2. the wife of a mayor.


mayoress

/ ˈmɛərɪs /

noun

  1. the wife of a mayor
  2. a female mayor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See -ess.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mayoress1

1400–50; mayor + -ess; replacing late Middle English meyresse
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Example Sentences

While working on “Anyone Can Whistle,” she complained to Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the songs, that she didn’t really understand and thus feel comfortable playing the corrupt mayoress: There was “no there there.”

Though her time in office was brief, Landes — who hated being called “mayoress” — was praised for an effective, scandal-free administration, and was endorsed by The Seattle Times for reelection.

I chose Kember as mayoress as she has always been hugely supportive of me and I'm very proud of her.

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For the mayoress he wrote catchy pastiches that might have come from a witty chanteuse’s nightclub act.

A man has been charged after a former Bolton mayoress was hit and killed in a car crash.

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