Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman serving as the head of government of a city, town, borough, or municipal corporation.
- noun The wife of a mayor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wife of a mayor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The wife of a mayor.
- noun A woman who is mayor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A rarely used term used for a female
mayor or the wife of a male mayor.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the wife of a mayor
- noun a woman mayor
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Examples
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For at Rome it is enough that words should change, and not deeds, just as if I said, a procuress was to be called a mayoress, yet may remain as good as she is now.
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The mayoress was a thin, elderly country woman with a nod for everyone; her big Normandy cap fitted close round her thin face, making her head, with its round, astonished-looking eyes, look like a white-tufted fowl's, and she ate in little jerks as if she were pecking at her plate.
The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) Une Vie and Other Stories Guy de Maupassant 1871
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When he became mayor of his beloved Rochdale, he enjoyed making his mum, Eva, his mayoress, when she was still employed as a town hall cleaner.
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Headmasters and headmistresses must be heads or head teachers, laymen becomes layperson, and manageress or mayoress should be manager or mayor.
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Headmasters and headmistresses must be heads or head teachers, laymen becomes layperson, and manageress or mayoress should be manager or mayor.
Neutering The Gender Of Language « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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Headmasters and headmistresses must be heads or head teachers, laymen becomes layperson, and manageress or mayoress should be manager or mayor.
New politically-correct language from the EU... GayandRight 2009
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Chideya said that because the acting mayoress was unelected, she did not have the power to fire her.
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In particular, the luxury-loving acting mayoress of Harare,
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Splits are deepening in Zimbabwe's ruling party over the continued tenure of the extravangance-loving mayoress of Harare, reports said Friday.
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The flamboyant mayoress has courted controversy ever since because of her reported taste for the high life.
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