Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a mayor or mayors, or the office of mayor.
- noun A head shepherd; an overseer; a leader of a pack-train.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The conductor of a mule team; also, a head shepherd.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a mayor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to the office of the
mayor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor
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Examples
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Democratic Sen. Bill Perkins of Manhattan says the committee will be a check on what he called mayoral dictatorship of the schools.
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But Bossman, who also speaks English, tells international media his victory in mayoral elections shows that Slovenia is now mature enough to elect a nonwhite political representative.
Eastern Europe's First Black Mayor Tells Supporters Not to View Him as Next 'Obama' 2010
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Palin didn't start the suburbanization of Wasilla, but she urged it along during her two-term mayoral administration, from 1996 to 2002.
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That's a stark economic and political departure from the county's last two-term mayoral counterpart,
SplicedFeed 2010
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That's a stark economic and political departure from the county's last two-term mayoral counterpart,
SplicedFeed 2010
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New Bern's mayor race (I hate the word mayoral, so I avoid using it) has a lineup of candidates right out of central casting.
unknown title 2009
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"No. It means a lot of things," says the once and future bookseller who's nearing the end of his two-term mayoral stint.
NPR Topics: News 2008
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He told The New York Times in an interview published Monday he believes the charter allows the City Council to grant Bloomberg permission to break a voter-approved two-term mayoral term limit without a referendum.
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An interesting bit of backstory to the battle over Tim Burgess’ attempt to expand the definition of aggressive panhandling, which passed the city council 5-4 yesterday but faces a certain mayoral veto.
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Will Fenty’s loss diminish faith in mayoral control turning around failing schools?
Will Rhee be a footnote in school reform history? Valerie Strauss 2010
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