May"or (?), n. [OE.
maire, F. maire, fr. L.
major greater, higher, nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp.
mayor. See Major, and cf. Merino.] The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a
municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of
which the major is chief judge.
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