| 单词 | lady mayoress |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLady Mayoress Lady Mayoress n. (also with lower-case initials) the spouse of a Lord Mayor; a person who accompanies a Lord Mayor on official occasions. ΚΠ 1537 in Privy Purse Expenses Princess Mary (1831) 9 Item payed for vj Bonetts bought of my Lady meyres of london for new yers gyfts. 1619 T. Middleton Triumphs Loue & Antiq. sig. C3 This King..sent to the Lady Maioresse..2. Harts [etc.]. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example i. i. 10 To dine at my Lord Mayor's, and after Dinner be entertain'd with a Dish of Bohea by my Lady Mayoress. 1897 Daily News 31 Mar. 8/3 The Lady Mayoress..made a short but vigorously-phrased plea. 1987 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 11 Aug. We will have to get used to the gender bending novelty of a lord mayor who is a woman and a lady mayoress who is a man. 2002 Times 26 July ii. 8/1 Every Lady Mayoress of London does charity work and my abseil raised £10,000. < as lemmas |
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