{
    "term": "mayor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the head of the government of a town or city, etc., elected by the public",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Mayor of New York"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mayor Lori Lightfoot"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is the second time she has run for mayor of St. Louis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became the first directly elected mayor of London in 2000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The allegations were made in an article by former New York mayor, Ed Koch."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "deputy", "lord"],
                "verb + mayor": ["run for", "elect (somebody)", "elect somebody as"],
                "preposition": ["mayor of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "(in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) the head of a town, borough or county council, chosen by other members of the council to represent them at official ceremonies, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "deputy", "lord"],
                "verb + mayor": ["run for", "elect (somebody)", "elect somebody as"],
                "preposition": ["mayor of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/meə(r)/",
                "audio": "ma/mayor/mayor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmeɪər/",
                "audio": "ma/mayor/mayor__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French maire, from the Latin adjective major ‘greater’, used as a noun in late Latin."
}