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Definition of Mayoress

1. Noun. The wife of a mayor.

Definition of Mayoress

1. n. The wife of a mayor.

Definition of Mayoress

1. Noun. A rarely used term used for a female mayor or the wife of a male mayor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mayoress

1. a female mayor [n -ES] - See also: mayor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayoress

Literary usage of Mayoress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later: Both by the Original Discoverer of the by Samuel Butler (1920)
"... found a note from the mayoress urging them to be her guests during the remainder of their visit, and to meet other friends at dinner on the same evening ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"If he should e»er come to be lord mayor of London, and his wife lady mayoress, one might suggest a motto for them, at which Cousin Tom once laughed till his ..."

3. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers by William Hanna (1857)
"There were about six ladies ; and I was very graciously received by the Lady mayoress and the Lady mayoress Elect, the latter of whom I had the honor of ..."

4. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1873)
"... 28 m 5/ to the University Boat Race Crews, 31 m Mansion House, Lady mayoress' at Home, 80/ 9 « Select Dinner Party, 12/10 6—21/9/ Receptions, ..."

5. Literature in Letters, Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and by James Philemon Holcombe (1866)
"Dr. Chalmers to his Daughter—Dinner at the Lord Mayor's. by the Lady mayoress and the Lady mayoress elect. The latter of whom I had the honor of leading to ..."

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