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mayoral¹

  • /meɪˈɔː.ɹəl/ UK
  • /ˈmɛə.ɹəl/ UK
  • /mɛːɹəl/ UK
  • /meɪˈɔ.ɹəl/ US
  • /ˈmeɪ.ə.ɹəl/ US
  • /mɛːɹəl/ US

Rhymes with -ɔːɹəl

adjective more mayoral · most mayoral

  1. Relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor). The mayoral seal was applied to all official correspondence of the mayor.

mayoral²

  • /ˌmɑːjə(ʊ)ˈral/ UK
  • /ˌmɑjəˈrɑl/ US

Where it comes from

From Spanish mayoral.

noun mayorals

  1. A Spanish-speaking overseer of a bull ranch. A thrust of the lance, and the mayoral says bullring or slaughterhouse.
  2. historical A Spanish-speaking overseer of an estate’s slaves. The mayoral who oversees the band, / Before me now is standing, whip in hand, / The straw-hat slouching o’er his olive face, / Sturdy in figure, active in his pace; / Nor coat nor waistcoat incommode his breast.

Mayoral³

proper noun Mayorals

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: municipal, intentional, wilful, premeditated, long, vertical, mayorial, mayorly, civic, conciliary, magistratical, magistrative, metropolitic, metropolitical, councilmanic, metropolitan

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adj relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor)

Françaismaïoral
DeutschBürgermeister-, bürgermeisterlich
Italianocomunale
Ελληνικάδημαρχικός dimarchikós

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@misc{mayoral_2026,
  title = {mayoral},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mayoral},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}