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Mayoress

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A woman serving as the head of government of a city, town, borough, or municipal corporation. See Usage Note at -ess.

n. The wife of a mayor.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A rarely used term used for a female mayor or the wife of a male mayor.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The wife of a mayor.

n. A woman who is mayor.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The wife of a mayor.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the wife of a mayor

n. a woman mayor

Word Usage

"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."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

married woman wife city manager mayor

Synonym

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mayor

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