mayor

noun

1. The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.

   “The office of mayor has been the tomb of many political ambitions.”

   “When the burdens of the Presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself that it could be worse—I could be a mayor of a city instead.”

   “While Buckley would later privately describe Chicago's Mayor Daley as a Fascist, he was not willing to let Vidal use the police to vindicate the demonstrators, who, in Buckley's mind, had provoked much of the violence.”

   “Quimby: I propose that I use what's left of the town treasury to move to a more prosperous town and run for mayor and once selected I will send for the rest of you. All: Boo!”

   “Carver: What the hell d'you say to him? Hauk: I said "Mr Mayor that's a good strong dick you've got there and I see you know how to use it." I didn't say shit!”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical)Ellipsis of mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire.
3. (historical)Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
4. (Ireland, obsolete, rare)A member of a city council.
5. (historical, obsolete)A high justice, an important judge.
6. (US)A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.
7. (figuratively, humorous)A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.

   “In some parts the burlesque civic official was designated ‘Mayor of the Pig Market’.”

   “The Mayor of Castro Street, that was Harvey's unofficial title.”

name

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.