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# mayor

«mayor» in Mova's school dictionary: **The leader of a town or city council, chosen to run the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a mayor, mayors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The leader of a town or city council, chosen to run the town or to represent it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/#m1)

2) The Lord Mayor (UK): the mayor of some big cities like London or Dublin, often a ceremonial job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons the mayor is part of local government — taking care of roads, parks and rubbish. In stories the mayor opens fairs, cuts ribbons and gives speeches. Phrases: run for mayor, the mayor's office.

### examples

- The mayor opened the new playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/#x1)
- Who is the mayor of our town? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/#x2)
- She ran for mayor and won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/#x3)
- The mayor wears a gold chain at special events. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/#x4)
- We wrote a letter to the mayor about the broken swings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/#x5)
- The mayor gave a speech at the parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/#x6)
- The mayor stood at the open window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/#x7)

### note

Sounds like «mare» (a female horse) in British English — a homophone trap. Woman or man: both are called «mayor» («mayoress» is the old title for the mayor's wife or a female mayor in the UK).

### In the corpora

- [A headline shouted «MAYOR'S SHOCKING SECRET!» Zara read the article: he likes pineapple on pizza.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mayor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.