A governor of a town or city; esp. the official who before the Norman Conquest represented the king's authority for fiscal and other purposes in…
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| 释义 | society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor (49) borough-reevec1000 A governor of a town or city; esp. the official who before the Norman Conquest represented the king's authority for fiscal and other purposes in… portreeveOE Originally: the governor or chief officer of a town or borough; = borough-reeve, n. a. After the Norman Conquest: a person equivalent in rank and… sovereigna1325 A mayor or provost of a town, in later use esp. in Ireland. Obsolete. mayorc1325 The head or chief officer of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., now usually elected by local councillors or citizens (but appointed… Lord Mayor1414 (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… wick-master1587 ? a mayor or burgomaster. Subcategories:— position of (9) — wife of (1) — residence of Lord Mayor of London (1) — woman (3) — in certain English towns before 1835 (1) — in the borough of Ripon (1) — in Scotland (4) — of a sea-port (1) — in certain Irish boroughs (2) — of a foreign town or city (6) — Dutch or Flemish (6) — in Italy (1) — in papal Rome (1) — in Turkey (3) — in Canada (2) — in Connecticut (1) |
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