Associations to the word «Mayoress»

Wiktionary

MAYORESS, noun. (obsolete) The wife of a (male) mayor.
MAYORESS, noun. (rare) (nonstandard) A female mayor.

Dictionary definition

MAYORESS, noun. The wife of a mayor.
MAYORESS, noun. A woman mayor.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats