A woman who holds the office of mayor is sometimes referred to as a mayoress.
[British]
2. countable noun
A mayoress is the wife of a mayor.
[British]
mayoress in British English
(ˈmɛərɪs)
noun
1. mainly British
the wife of a mayor
2.
a female mayor
mayoress in American English
(ˈmeiərɪs, ˈmɛərɪs)
noun
1.
a woman who is the chief executive official of a city, village, or town
2.
the wife of a mayor
Word origin
[1400–50; mayor + -ess; r. late ME meyresse]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: curl, mature, peg, separate, union
Examples of 'mayoress' in a sentence
mayoress
The spectre of this mayoress invited him in.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The former councillor will accompany her as the mayoress.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It makes her look like a rather dowdy and unhappy provincial lady mayoress.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
But they all looked very respectable, hemlines on the knee, flared coats, lady mayoress hats.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The greatest interest was shown everywhere in the lectures, and usually the local mayoress took the chair.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Chinese translation of 'mayoress'
mayoress
(ˈmɛərɛs) (Brit)
n(c)
(= female mayor) 女市长(長) (nǚshìzhǎng) (位, wèi)
(= wife of mayor) 市长(長)夫人 (shìzhǎng fūrén) (位, wèi)