mayor: [13] Mayor and major are ultimately the same word. The ancestor of mayor is Latin mājor ‘larger’, which reached English via medieval Latin mājor (used nominally as the title of various officials) and Old French maire. In Middle English the word was mair or mer, and mayor represents a partial return to the Latin form. => major
mayor (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French maire "head of a city or town government" (13c.), originally "greater, superior" (adj.), from Latin maior, major, comparative of magnus "great" (see magnum).
例文
1. The person who embodies democracy at the local level is the mayor .
地方で民主を代表する人は市長である。
2.Bradley will go down in history as Los Angeles 'longest serving mayor .
ブラッドリーはロサンゼルスで最も任期の長い市長として歴史に残るだろう。
3.For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.
彼の献身精神を表彰するために、市長は彼に栄誉褒章を授与した。
4.The mayor 's scheme offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan.
市長の案はマンハッタンのダウンタウンで開業しようとする会社を激励した。
5.In 1966、Pastor Albertz took over from him as governing mayor .