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mayor-council

mayor-council adjective: designating a system of local government that has a mayor who is directly elected by the voters serving as chief executive, and a separately elected legislative city council.

Adjective

mayor-council (not comparable)

  1. Designating a system of local government that has a mayor who is directly elected by the voters serving as chief executive, and a separately elected legislative city council.
    • a mayor-council form of government

Questions about mayor-council

What does mayor-council mean?
Mayor-council means designating a system of local government that has a mayor who is directly elected by the voters serving as chief executive, and a separately elected legislative city council.
What part of speech is mayor-council?
Mayor-council is an adjective.

Words near mayor-council in the dictionary

  1. mayonnaisy
  2. Mayons
  3. mayor
  4. Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London
  5. mayor of the palace
  6. mayor-council
  7. mayoral
  8. mayorally
  9. mayorals
  10. mayoralties
  11. mayoralty

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