Mayor vs Governor - What's the difference?
mayor | governor |
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.
* 2003 , Mary Ruwart, Healing our world in an age of aggression - Page 374
* 2011 , Michael Ryan, The Heart's Location, p 32
By restriction, a male municipal leader
(historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France
(politics) The leader of a region or state that is a member of a federation or an empire. In Rome, they were endorsed by the emperor and appointed by the Senate. In the modern United States, they are elected by the people of that state.
* 1999 , Karen O'Connor, The essentials of American government: continuity and change, p 17
A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
A member of a decision-making for an organization or entity (including some public agencies) similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.
:: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
(informal) father.
* 1869 , Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl :
(informal) Boss, employer.
(grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
(dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
(nautical) A pilot; a steersman.
As nouns the difference between mayor and governor
is that mayor is 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 while governor is the leader of a region or state that is a member of a federation or an empire. In Rome, they were endorsed by the emperor and appointed by the Senate. In the modern United States, they are elected by the people of that state.As a proper noun Mayor
is {{surname|from=Anglo-Norman}.mayor
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Alternative forms
* mayour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The Libertarian mayor of Big Water, Utah, recently slashed property taxes in half and even repealed his own salary!
- To assist him in his task Paul was joined by Ron Adams, who had been a three-term Libertarian mayor in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Synonyms
* (l) * mayoress (female mayors only) * provost (Scotland)Hyponyms
(municipal principal leader) * mayor , lord mayor (male mayor) * mayoress , lady mayor (female mayor)Derived terms
* mayoress (female mayor) * lord mayor * lady mayorAnagrams
* * ----governor
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(wikipedia governor)Alternative forms
* governour, gouvernor, gouvernour, (l) (all obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Younger voters are more libertarian in political philosophy than older voters and are credited with the success of libertarian governor Jesse Ventura of Minnesota
- The seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
www.federalreserve.gov(November 6, 2009)
- "Say 'father.' We never called him papa; and if one of my brothers had addressed him as 'governor ,' as boys do now, I really think he'd have him cut off with a shilling."