Lady Mayorn.

Brit.

/ˌleɪdɪ ˈmɛː/, U.S.

/ˌleɪdi ˈmeɪ(ə)r/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lady n., mayor n.

Etymology: < lady n. + mayor n. Compare earlier Lady Mayoress n. at lady n. Compounds 2d.

The wife of a mayor, esp. of a Lord Mayor. Also: a female mayor.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > woman

Lady Mayor1729

mayoress1863

1729 W. Mackintosh Ess. on Inclosing Scotl. 235 Every Tradesman's Wife, twice a Day at least, her Tea and all its Purtenances, as regularly as my Lady Mayor's.

1830 T. Chalmers Let. 29 Oct. in J. P. Holcombe Lit. in Lett. (1866) xl. 97 I sat between the Lord and Lady Mayor elect—to be Lord and Lady Mayor in a few days.

1896 Harper's Mag. Nov. 920/2 She wanted her husband to win—not because she had any ambition to shine as ‘Lady-Mayor’, but because she did not wish Thaddeus to incur disappointment.

1908 Times 26 Oct. 10/3 (headline) Lady Mayors... Miss Dove, Headmistress of Wycombe Abbey School,..has been chosen as the prospective Mayor for the Borough of High Wycombe.

1963 Independent (Long Beach, Calif.) 22 Apr. a2/2 Charlotte Whitton, peppery lady mayor of Ottawa, burst into Moscow Sunday for a 12-day visit.

1996 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 36 281 More is shown..fussing over the preparations of a banquet for the Lord and Lady Mayor of London.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lady mayor
释义	Lady Mayorn. Brit. /ˌleɪdɪ ˈmɛː/, U.S. /ˌleɪdi ˈmeɪ(ə)r/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lady n., mayor n. Etymology: < lady n. + mayor n. Compare earlier Lady Mayoress n. at lady n. Compounds 2d. The wife of a mayor, esp. of a Lord Mayor. Also: a female mayor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > woman Lady Mayor1729 mayoress1863 1729 W. Mackintosh Ess. on Inclosing Scotl. 235 Every Tradesman's Wife, twice a Day at least, her Tea and all its Purtenances, as regularly as my Lady Mayor's. 1830 T. Chalmers Let. 29 Oct. in J. P. Holcombe Lit. in Lett. (1866) xl. 97 I sat between the Lord and Lady Mayor elect—to be Lord and Lady Mayor in a few days. 1896 Harper's Mag. Nov. 920/2 She wanted her husband to win—not because she had any ambition to shine as ‘Lady-Mayor’, but because she did not wish Thaddeus to incur disappointment. 1908 Times 26 Oct. 10/3 (headline) Lady Mayors... Miss Dove, Headmistress of Wycombe Abbey School,..has been chosen as the prospective Mayor for the Borough of High Wycombe. 1963 Independent (Long Beach, Calif.) 22 Apr. a2/2 Charlotte Whitton, peppery lady mayor of Ottawa, burst into Moscow Sunday for a 12-day visit. 1996 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 36 281 More is shown..fussing over the preparations of a banquet for the Lord and Lady Mayor of London. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1729
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