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mayoress

mayo·ress

UK/mɛəˈɹɛs/ US/meɪɚˈɛs/ uncommon

noun

1.

the wife of a mayor

2.

Origin

From Middle English meyresse, mayresse, mairasse; equivalent to mayor + -ess.

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