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Definition of Mayoresses
1. mayoress [n] - See also: mayoress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayoresses
Literary usage of Mayoresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers by William Henry St. John Hope (1913)
"... Yorkist Collars of Suns and Roses; Tudor Collars of SS; Other Livery Collars;
Waits' Collars; Collars and Chains of Mayors, mayoresses and Sheriffs; ..."
2. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1832)
"Sir Charles Wetherell said, that a statement had been made on a former occasion,
that the mayoresses of Bristol had misapplied some charitable funds ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"The day may come when there will be mayoresses, even with more power than they
ПОЛУ possess : meanwhile Hartle.pool accepta ..."
4. The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield by William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle (1920)
"... after sitting for hours in a great glaring hall, amid the wassailing of a 1000
guests, and seated between existing and ex-Lady mayoresses! . . . Nov. ..."
5. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie (1920)
"The lady mayoresses were delightful in all their pride and glory. My conclusion
is that the United Kingdom is better served by the leading citizens of her ..."
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