mayorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Circa 1300; from Middle English maire, from Old French maire (“head of a city または town government”) (13th century), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”). Doublet of major.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.ɚ/, /ˈmɛɚ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛə̯/, /ˈmeɪ.ə/
• 韻: -ɛə(ɹ), -eɪə(ɹ)
• Homophone: mare (one pronunciation)

名詞

mayor (複数形 mayors)

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.
   • 1907 Sept. 12, The Nation, page 222:

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

   • 1966 Mar. 31, Lyndon B. Johnson, Remarks before the National Legislative Conference of the National League of Cities:

     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.

   • 1988, John B. Judis, William F. Buckley Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives, page p. 291:

     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.

   • 1993 Dec. 16, Bill Oakley & al., “"$pringfield"”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 10:

     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!

   • 2006, Ed Burns & al., “"Soft Eyes"”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 2:

     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. (historical) Short for 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, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.
5. (historical, obsolete) A high justice, an important judge.
6. (chiefly 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. (figurative, humorous) A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.
   • 1902 May 22, Westminster Gazette, p. 2:

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

   • 1982, Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street:

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

同意語

• (female, when distinguished): mayoress
• (head of a town): burgomaster, boroughmaster (historical, of boroughs); provost (of Scottish burghs & historical French bourgs); Lord Provost (of certain Scottish burghs); praetor (古風な用法)

下位語

(municipal principal leader):

• mayor, lord mayor, Lord Mayor (male mayor)
• mayoress, lady mayor, Lady Mayor (female mayor)

派生語

• lady mayor
• lord mayor
• mayoral, mayorial
• mayoralty
• mayor-choosing
• mayor-corn
• mayoress (female mayor)
• mayorhood
• mayorlet
• mayor-making
• mayor's banquet
• mayor's court
• mayor's feast
• mayorsfeud
• mayorship
• mayor's peer
• mayor-town
• mayory

派生した語

• → Cebuano: mayor
• → Swahili: meya
• → Tok Pisin: meya

参照

• “mayor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.

アナグラム

• Amory, Moray, Raymo, moray