mayoralty

noun

may·​or·​al·​ty ˈmā-ə-rəl-tē How to pronounce mayoralty (audio)
ˈmer-əl-
: the office or term of office of a mayor

Examples of mayoralty in a Sentence

During her mayoralty, the mayor greatly improved the city. He won the mayoralty in the last two elections.
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This must be stopped, and his mayoralty should be terminated immediately. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 15 Nov. 2025 Like the Rudy Giuliani mayoralty, but sort of impotent in ruthlessness, the Adams administration has loved to identify a scourge, an opportunity to conjure existential threats of social breakdown that the mayor’s office can then claim to heal. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025 Arrest America’s mayor Even before Mamdani won the mayoralty, Trump suggested arresting Mamdani and stripping him of his citizenship if Mamdani didn't assist on federal immigration enforcement. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 8 Nov. 2025 The first insight of Mamdani’s campaign was that the gloom and doom about crime that defined Eric Adams’s mayoralty was fading, with voters getting more worried about the cost of living. David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mayoralty

Word History

Etymology

Middle English mairaltee, from Anglo-French mairalté, from maire

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mayoralty was in the 14th century

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“Mayoralty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayoralty. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.

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mayoralty

noun
may·​or·​al·​ty ˈmā-ə-rəl-tē How to pronounce mayoralty (audio)
ˈmer-əl-
plural mayoralties
: the office or term of office of a mayor

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