maire
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Cracked a foreign diplomat in expectant Washington: "Us ne passeront pas devant le maire* but there will be a common-law marriage."
From Time Magazine Archive
In Polynesian islands he easily obtains pre-eminent authority; the king becomes his maire du palais; he can proscribe, he can command; and the temptation is ever towards too much.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The first member in dignity was the "maire" or mayor, selected by the Seneschal of Saintonge from the list of three candidates yearly nominated by his fellow-members.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird
The maire was next pointed out, and seized.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
My first business in the morning was to find out and report myself to the maire.
From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood
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