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    mayor
    mayor /meə $ ˈmeɪər/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: Old French
     Origin: maire, from Latin major; ⇨ major1
    1. the person who has been elected to lead the government of a town or city:
        the election of the London mayor
    2. someone who is chosen or elected each year in Britain to represent a town or city at official public ceremonies
    —mayoral adjective:
        mayoral duties
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ politician someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government: senior politicians
       ▪ statesman a political or government leader, especially one who is well-respected: a respected elder statesman | great statesmen like Roosevelt and Churchill | He would later describe the king as ‘one of the most brilliant statesmen I have ever been privileged to meet’.
       ▪ MP/Member of Parliament in Britain, someone who has been elected to a parliament to represent people from a particular area of the country: Ken Newton, MP
       ▪ congressman a man who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives: a Republican congressman
       ▪ congresswoman a woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives: Mrs McKinney was the state’s first black congresswoman.
       ▪ senator a member of the senate, especially in the US: Senator Clinton
       ▪ representative in the US, a member of the House of Representatives: Democratic Representatives
       ▪ mayor someone who has been elected to lead the government of a town or city: Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London. | the former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani
       ▪ spin doctor someone who is used by a political party to influence people’s opinions by cleverly controlling what is reported in the news: The party spin doctors would like us to believe that the government is committed to improving the environment.