The difference between Mayor and Praetor

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 praetor means a consul in command of the army. an annually-elected curule magistrate, subordinate to the consuls in provincial administration, and who performed some of their duties.

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  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. Praetor as a noun (history):

    A consul in command of the army. An annually-elected curule magistrate, subordinate to the consuls in provincial administration, and who performed some of their duties; numbering initially only one, later two (either of the or the ), and eventually eighteen.

  2. Praetor as a noun (by extension):

    A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor.

  3. Praetor as a noun (historical, translating Italian "[[pretore#Italian, pretore]]"):

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