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mayorless

mayorless adjective: without a mayor.

Adjective

mayorless (not comparable)

  1. Without a mayor.
    • The capital had been left mayorless, administered by a government‐appointed prefect who had no political reason to heed the virtually powerless city council, largely because French heads of state from Napoleon to de Gaulle feared that a mayor of Paris would become an instant challenger for national...1977 June 3, James F. Clarity, “Mayoral Race In Paris Shows Chaos Leading”, in The New York Times

Origin of mayorless

From mayor + -less.

Questions about mayorless

What does mayorless mean?
Mayorless means without a mayor.
What part of speech is mayorless?
Mayorless is an adjective.

Words near mayorless in the dictionary

  1. Mayorgas
  2. mayorial
  3. mayories
  4. mayoring
  5. Mayorkas
  6. mayorless
  7. mayorlike
  8. mayorly
  9. Mayorquin
  10. Mayorquins
  11. mayors

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