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Webster 1913 Edition

mayor

may′or

,
Noun.
[OE.
maire
, F.
maire
, fr. L.
major
greater, higher, nobler, compar. of
magnus
great; cf. Sp.
mayor
. See
Major
, and cf.
Merino
.]
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief administrative officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge. The post is usually elective, its holder chosen by the electorate of the entire city.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mayor

MA'YOR

,
Noun.
[L. miror.] The chief magistrate of a city, who, in London and York, is called lord mayor. The mayor of a city, in America, is the chief judge of the city court, and is assisted, in some cases at least, by two or more aldermen. To the lord mayor of London belong several courts of judicature, as the hustings, court of requests, and court of common council.

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