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# mayoress

noun (mayoress, mayoresses)

«mayoress» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A mayoress is the wife of a mayor, who often attends town events beside him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayoress/#m1)
2. (old use) A mayoress can also be a woman who holds the office of mayor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayoress/#m2)

### In the lessons

a title for a woman of high standing in a town, often in tales about towns and their leaders

### Examples

- The mayoress opened the autumn fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayoress/#x1)
- The mayoress wore a gold chain at the feast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayoress/#x2)
- Everyone bowed when the mayoress came in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayoress/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mayoress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayoress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mayoress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mayoress.html) on Mova free.