The difference between Mayor and Mayoress

When used as nouns, mayor means the leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. in some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council, whereas mayoress means a female mayor.


check bellow for the other definitions of Mayor and Mayoress

  1. Mayor as a noun:

    The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.

  2. Mayor as a noun (historical):

    The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France

  1. Mayoress as a noun:

    A female mayor.

  2. Mayoress as a noun:

    The wife of a (male) mayor.

Compare words: