Definition of "mayor"

The office of mayor has been the tomb of many political ambitions.

1907 Sept. 12, The Nation, page 222

When the burdens of the Presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself that it could be worse—I could be a mayor of a city instead.

1966 Mar. 31, Lyndon B. Johnson, Remarks before the National Legislative Conference of the National League of Cities

While Buckley would later privately describe Chicago's Mayor Daley as a Fascist, he was not willing to let Vidal use the police to vindicate the demonstrators, who, in Buckley's mind, had provoked much of the violence.

1988, John B. Judis, William F. Buckley Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives, page p. 291

Quimby: I propose that I use what's left of the town treasury to move to a more prosperous town and run for mayor and once selected I will send for the rest of you.All: Boo!

1993 Dec. 16, Bill Oakley et al., “"$pringfield"”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 10

Carver: What the hell d'you say to him?Hauk: I said "Mr Mayor that's a good strong dick you've got there and I see you know how to use it." I didn't say shit!

2006, Ed Burns et al., “"Soft Eyes"”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 2

In some parts the burlesque civic official was designated ‘Mayor of the Pig Market’.

1902 May 22, Westminster Gazette, p. 2

The Mayor of Castro Street, that was Harvey's unofficial title.

1982, Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street