Lord Mayorn.

Brit.

/ˌlɔːd ˈmɛː/, U.S.

/ˌlɔrd ˈmeɪər/

Forms: see lord n. and mayor n.

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

Etymology: < lord n. + mayor n.

1. (A title of) the head of the municipal government of London, Dublin, York, or (in later use) any of several other major cities. Esp. in earlier use preceded by a possessive adjective (usually my) as a form of address. See mayor n. 2.In the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) and Ireland the role of Lord Mayor is purely ceremonial. The office dates from 1189 in London, 1229 in Dublin, and 1217 in York, though in earlier use the title was simply Mayor. In Australia, the only other Commonwealth country where the title Lord Mayor is widely used, the office is granted by the British monarch.In Scotland the corresponding position is Lord Provost (see provost n. 6a).

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1414 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1943) IV. 17 To oure Worshipfull Lord Mair of the Citee of london. Like un to youre soverain discrecioun to have consideracioun how [etc.].

1487 Memorandum in Proc. Yorks. Philos. Soc. (1855) 1 268 Thomas Gray..appering bifore William Todde maier of the citie of York..presented unto hyme a bagg of leder..the which bagg my lord maire receyved at thandes of the said Thomas.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxviij^v/2 That Such persones..becallid afore my lorde mayr and aldirmen to be reformed bi their wise exortacions.

c1554 J. Bale Declar. Bonner's Articles i. 7 b Here is as wise an order towardes, as maister Harry my Lord Mayres foole had bene of counsell therein.

1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 885 The Lorde maior, or chiefe iustice, præfectus prætorio.

1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan iii. i. sig. D4^v All will scarce make me so high as one of the Gyants stilts that stalkes before my Lord Maiors pageant.

1678 Will of Richard Saunders (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/350) f. 58^v A Lord Maiors spoone.

1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 333 If You Dine with my Lord May'r, Roast-Beef and Ven'son is your Fare.

1757 A. G. Impetuous Lover II. iii. 55 A Lord Mayor, and may be forty Aldermen, are to be there in their great gowns, and chains of gold about their fat necks.

1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 7 June in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. viii. 253 I..would not have exchanged meals with the Lord Mayor of London.

1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn (1860) xxxii. 286 Burnside was in the habit of saying that he was like the Lord Mayor's fool—fond of everything that was good.

1916 Truth (Sydney) 9 Apr. 8/4 Lord Mayor Dick Meagher has decided to entertain returned Anzacs at luncheon at the Town Hall.

1942 Times 2 Oct. 5/3 The Lord Mayor to-day appeals..to the citizens of London to help ‘in keeping the city safe’ from a possible invader.

2001 Navy News Sept. 12/2 Commanding Officer Cdr Paul Porter also accompanied the Lord Mayor on a visit to the school.

†2. slang. A large crowbar. Cf. alderman n. 5. Obsolete. rare.

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1877 Once Week 28 Apr. 110/1 The ‘alderman’ is made with one joint in the middle, while the ‘lord mayor’ can be taken into three pieces.

1889 D. C. Murray & H. Murray Dangerous Catspaw 24 There's..the crowbar, from a Lord Mayor down to a pocket jemmy.

Compounds

Lord Mayor's Banquet n. a banquet held by the Lord Mayor of London; spec. a banquet held at the Guildhall on the Monday after the Lord Mayor's Show, at which the Prime Minister delivers the keynote address.

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c1830 G. Daniel in J. O'Keeffe Son-in-law Remarks 7 in Cumberland's Brit. Theatre XXXI What..can be a more appropriate sequel to a lord mayor's banquet than a ball?

1895 Chautauquan May 174/2 Time was when prime ministers would take the opportunity of the lord mayor's banquet to divulge important lines of foreign or domestic policy.

1997 Vanity Fair Mar. 202 John Major..concluded his speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet..by ticking off the ways in which British culture rules the world.

2003 J. Kampfner Blair Wars 16 The Lord Mayor's banquet is traditionally an occasion for foreign policy pronouncements.

† Lord Mayor's coal n. Obsolete rare a slate.

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1840 R. H. Barham in Bentley's Misc. Apr. 418 Had the coal been a ‘Lord Mayor's coal’,—viz.: a slate; What a diff'rent tale I had had to relate.

Lord Mayor's court n. now historical and rare a minor court held in the City of London before the Lord Mayor and aldermen.In 1921 the Lord Mayor's court was amalgamated with the City of London court as the Mayor's and City of London court, which was subsequently abolished in 1971.

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1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. 612 Foure Clearkes of the Lord Maiors court.

1732 G. Jacob City-liberties 1 In the Lord Mayor's Court all Manner of Actions may be enter'd and try'd, by a Jury, as in other Courts, for any Matters arising within the Liberties of London.

1892 Law Times 92 196/1 ‘Mayor's Court’ should be cross-indexed as ‘Lord Mayor's Court’.

2007 Analecta Hibernica 40 193 The lord mayor's court did not convict him, though the Duke of York..deemed Coote's actions inappropriate.

Lord Mayor's day n. the day on which the new Lord Mayor of the City of London goes in ceremonial procession to the Royal Courts of Justice (formerly to Westminster), to be presented to the Lord Chief Justice and swear allegiance to the monarch.Lord Mayor's day dates back to 1215. It used to be November 9, but since 1959 it has always been the second Saturday in November. The ceremonial procession developed into the Lord Mayor's Show (see Lord Mayor's Show n.).

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1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. C4 Their gaines lies by all places of resort and assemblies, therfore their chiefe walks is..the Lorde Maiors day.

1704 M. Prior Let. to Boileau Despreaux 74 What Poet would essay To count the Streamers of my Lord Mayor's Day?

1842 C. C. F. Greville Mem. (1938) IV. 421 The Queen must have known it was Lord Mayor's Day.

2005 Times (Nexis) 25 Nov. 80 He was determined that he would attend a final Lord Mayor's Day.

Lord Mayor's feast n. now historical a formal dinner held on Lord Mayor's day; also in extended use.

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1633 A. Munday et al. Stow's Surv. of London (new ed.) 657/1 He (with the Aldermen) ride on to the Guild-Hall to dinner... And therefore it is desertfully termed, The Lord Maiors Feast.

1766 H. Walpole Let. 13 Nov. in Lett. to H. Mann (1843) I. 316 He went to the Lord Mayor's feast, and dragged along with him that wise moppet, Lord Lyttelton.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. iii. 36 It was a nice little dinner—seemed to me then, a very Lord Mayor's Feast.

2004 Victorian Lit. & Culture 32 413 Simon Eyre, a north-country shoemaker.., rose to become Lord Mayor and founded the annual Lord Mayor's feast.

† Lord Mayor's man n. Obsolete (historical in later use) = quota-man n. at quota n. Compounds 2.

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1823 E. P. Brenton Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. 49 The term ‘quota-man’, or ‘lord-mayor's man’, was supposed to comprise every thing that was base and contemptible among sailors.

1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Oct. 1066/2 The ‘quota men’ or ‘my Lord Mayor's men’, who were criminals chosen from among those in prison, had their heads shaved and their bodies scrubbed.

Lord Mayor's Show n. a ceremonial parade and pageant held annually in the City of London on Lord Mayor's day.

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1636 W. Davenant Witts iii. i. sig. E4 Yet our Paul was in the belly of one [sc. a whale], In my Lord Majors Shew.

1771 J. Johnson Let. 1 Dec. in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 18 I would tell you that I have seen the Lord Mayor's show, the electing a Lord Mayor.

1884 Nonconformist & Independent 13 Nov. 1094/1 The Lord Mayor's Show was a more ambitious and spectacular pageant than ever.

2014 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 9 Nov. 9 Armed police were on duty on the capital's streets and mainline stations as visitors poured in for the Lord Mayor's Show.

Derivatives

Lord ˈMayoralty n. (a) the position of Lord Mayor; (b) the state or honour of having, or being entitled to have, a Lord Mayor.

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1763 Public Advertiser 1 Sept. The Lord Mayoralty of the City of London is not hereditary, but elective.

1882 Society 4 Nov. 16/1 Lord mayoralties and high shrievalties follow almost as a matter of course.

1907 Daily Chron. 7 Sept. 6/2 A Lord Mayoralty was conferred on Bradford yesterday.

1980 M. Meadowcroft in Hist. Mod. Leeds 423 Labour attitudes to the lord mayoralty show a parallel sea change.

2010 Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 20/1 Existing cities will also have the chance to bid for a Lord Mayoralty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lord mayor
释义	Lord Mayorn. Brit. /ˌlɔːd ˈmɛː/, U.S. /ˌlɔrd ˈmeɪər/ Forms: see lord n. and mayor n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lord n., mayor n. Etymology: < lord n. + mayor n. 1. (A title of) the head of the municipal government of London, Dublin, York, or (in later use) any of several other major cities. Esp. in earlier use preceded by a possessive adjective (usually my) as a form of address. See mayor n. 2.In the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) and Ireland the role of Lord Mayor is purely ceremonial. The office dates from 1189 in London, 1229 in Dublin, and 1217 in York, though in earlier use the title was simply Mayor. In Australia, the only other Commonwealth country where the title Lord Mayor is widely used, the office is granted by the British monarch.In Scotland the corresponding position is Lord Provost (see provost n. 6a). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor borough-reevec1000 portreeveOE sovereigna1325 mayorc1325 Lord Mayor1414 wick-master1587 1414 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1943) IV. 17 To oure Worshipfull Lord Mair of the Citee of london. Like un to youre soverain discrecioun to have consideracioun how [etc.]. 1487 Memorandum in Proc. Yorks. Philos. Soc. (1855) 1 268 Thomas Gray..appering bifore William Todde maier of the citie of York..presented unto hyme a bagg of leder..the which bagg my lord maire receyved at thandes of the said Thomas. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxviij^v/2 That Such persones..becallid afore my lorde mayr and aldirmen to be reformed bi their wise exortacions. c1554 J. Bale Declar. Bonner's Articles i. 7 b Here is as wise an order towardes, as maister Harry my Lord Mayres foole had bene of counsell therein. 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 885 The Lorde maior, or chiefe iustice, præfectus prætorio. 1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan iii. i. sig. D4^v All will scarce make me so high as one of the Gyants stilts that stalkes before my Lord Maiors pageant. 1678 Will of Richard Saunders (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/350) f. 58^v A Lord Maiors spoone. 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 333 If You Dine with my Lord May'r, Roast-Beef and Ven'son is your Fare. 1757 A. G. Impetuous Lover II. iii. 55 A Lord Mayor, and may be forty Aldermen, are to be there in their great gowns, and chains of gold about their fat necks. 1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 7 June in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. viii. 253 I..would not have exchanged meals with the Lord Mayor of London. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn (1860) xxxii. 286 Burnside was in the habit of saying that he was like the Lord Mayor's fool—fond of everything that was good. 1916 Truth (Sydney) 9 Apr. 8/4 Lord Mayor Dick Meagher has decided to entertain returned Anzacs at luncheon at the Town Hall. 1942 Times 2 Oct. 5/3 The Lord Mayor to-day appeals..to the citizens of London to help ‘in keeping the city safe’ from a possible invader. 2001 Navy News Sept. 12/2 Commanding Officer Cdr Paul Porter also accompanied the Lord Mayor on a visit to the school. †2. slang. A large crowbar. Cf. alderman n. 5. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] > other levers or crowbars looder1545 gablock?1746 pig's foot1790 lewder tree1808 monkey tail1822 fold-pitcher1832 pointer1875 Lord Mayor1877 tire-iron1952 1877 Once Week 28 Apr. 110/1 The ‘alderman’ is made with one joint in the middle, while the ‘lord mayor’ can be taken into three pieces. 1889 D. C. Murray & H. Murray Dangerous Catspaw 24 There's..the crowbar, from a Lord Mayor down to a pocket jemmy. Compounds Lord Mayor's Banquet n. a banquet held by the Lord Mayor of London; spec. a banquet held at the Guildhall on the Monday after the Lord Mayor's Show, at which the Prime Minister delivers the keynote address. ΚΠ c1830 G. Daniel in J. O'Keeffe Son-in-law Remarks 7 in Cumberland's Brit. Theatre XXXI What..can be a more appropriate sequel to a lord mayor's banquet than a ball? 1895 Chautauquan May 174/2 Time was when prime ministers would take the opportunity of the lord mayor's banquet to divulge important lines of foreign or domestic policy. 1997 Vanity Fair Mar. 202 John Major..concluded his speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet..by ticking off the ways in which British culture rules the world. 2003 J. Kampfner Blair Wars 16 The Lord Mayor's banquet is traditionally an occasion for foreign policy pronouncements. † Lord Mayor's coal n. Obsolete rare a slate. ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Barham in Bentley's Misc. Apr. 418 Had the coal been a ‘Lord Mayor's coal’,—viz.: a slate; What a diff'rent tale I had had to relate. Lord Mayor's court n. now historical and rare a minor court held in the City of London before the Lord Mayor and aldermen.In 1921 the Lord Mayor's court was amalgamated with the City of London court as the Mayor's and City of London court, which was subsequently abolished in 1971. ΚΠ 1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. 612 Foure Clearkes of the Lord Maiors court. 1732 G. Jacob City-liberties 1 In the Lord Mayor's Court all Manner of Actions may be enter'd and try'd, by a Jury, as in other Courts, for any Matters arising within the Liberties of London. 1892 Law Times 92 196/1 ‘Mayor's Court’ should be cross-indexed as ‘Lord Mayor's Court’. 2007 Analecta Hibernica 40 193 The lord mayor's court did not convict him, though the Duke of York..deemed Coote's actions inappropriate. Lord Mayor's day n. the day on which the new Lord Mayor of the City of London goes in ceremonial procession to the Royal Courts of Justice (formerly to Westminster), to be presented to the Lord Chief Justice and swear allegiance to the monarch.Lord Mayor's day dates back to 1215. It used to be November 9, but since 1959 it has always been the second Saturday in November. The ceremonial procession developed into the Lord Mayor's Show (see Lord Mayor's Show n.). 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Prior Let. to Boileau Despreaux 74 What Poet would essay To count the Streamers of my Lord Mayor's Day? 1842 C. C. F. Greville Mem. (1938) IV. 421 The Queen must have known it was Lord Mayor's Day. 2005 Times (Nexis) 25 Nov. 80 He was determined that he would attend a final Lord Mayor's Day. Lord Mayor's feast n. now historical a formal dinner held on Lord Mayor's day; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1633 A. Munday et al. Stow's Surv. of London (new ed.) 657/1 He (with the Aldermen) ride on to the Guild-Hall to dinner... And therefore it is desertfully termed, The Lord Maiors Feast. 1766 H. Walpole Let. 13 Nov. in Lett. to H. Mann (1843) I. 316 He went to the Lord Mayor's feast, and dragged along with him that wise moppet, Lord Lyttelton. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. iii. 36 It was a nice little dinner—seemed to me then, a very Lord Mayor's Feast. 2004 Victorian Lit. & Culture 32 413 Simon Eyre, a north-country shoemaker.., rose to become Lord Mayor and founded the annual Lord Mayor's feast. † Lord Mayor's man n. Obsolete (historical in later use) = quota-man n. at quota n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1823 E. P. Brenton Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. 49 The term ‘quota-man’, or ‘lord-mayor's man’, was supposed to comprise every thing that was base and contemptible among sailors. 1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Oct. 1066/2 The ‘quota men’ or ‘my Lord Mayor's men’, who were criminals chosen from among those in prison, had their heads shaved and their bodies scrubbed. Lord Mayor's Show n. a ceremonial parade and pageant held annually in the City of London on Lord Mayor's day. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > other parades or processions progressa1556 Lord Mayor's Show1636 cavalcade1644 perahera1681 bridewain1789 Easter Parade1874 concours d'élégance1950 carcade1964 1636 W. Davenant Witts iii. i. sig. E4 Yet our Paul was in the belly of one [sc. a whale], In my Lord Majors Shew. 1771 J. Johnson Let. 1 Dec. in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 18 I would tell you that I have seen the Lord Mayor's show, the electing a Lord Mayor. 1884 Nonconformist & Independent 13 Nov. 1094/1 The Lord Mayor's Show was a more ambitious and spectacular pageant than ever. 2014 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 9 Nov. 9 Armed police were on duty on the capital's streets and mainline stations as visitors poured in for the Lord Mayor's Show. Derivatives Lord ˈMayoralty n. (a) the position of Lord Mayor; (b) the state or honour of having, or being entitled to have, a Lord Mayor. 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