mayorhoodn.
/ˈmɛːhʊd/, U.S. /ˈmeɪərˌ(h)ʊd/, /ˈmɛrˌ(h)ʊd/ rare before 20th cent.
The position or office of mayor; the state or fact of being a mayor.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > position of
mayoralty1387
portreeveship1467
mayorship1476
mayorhood1556
mayordom1566
mayoraltyship1582
chair1682
Lord Mayoralty1763
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 5 This year [sc. 40 Edw. III] in Januarij Adam Bury was dyschargyd of hys mayrehod.
1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Mar. i. 27/5 She is..not given..to seeking open political fights with, say, the Mayor or the Governor at a time when she is preparing herself for potential mayorhood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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