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
The maire respected his wishes; the population did not, which was a sore point with the marshal.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
But he's the maire, and one can't quarrel with him.'
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever
The maire and the aldermen presentyd the kyng with a ml li in too basyns of gold worth vc li.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas
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
