mayor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the head of a city government
    city manager.

WordNet

May"or noun
Etymology
OE. maire, F. maire, fr. L. major greater, higher, nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp. mayor. See Major, and cf. Merino.
Definitions
  1. The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.

Webster 1913