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Definition of "mayor" []

  • The head of government of a city, town, borough, or municipal corporation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "mayor" in a sentence
  • "Robert "Bob" Noyce, the father of the microchip who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel and earned the moniker "mayor of Silicon Valley.""
  • "As the mayor is about to stake Stefan, Damon attacks him."
  • "Maybe the mayor is an idiot, but on this one at least he's less of an idiot than 8 of the councilmembers."