Meanings
adjectivemayorless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout a mayor.
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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 power.
1977 June 3, James F. Clarity, “Mayoral Race In Paris Shows Chaos Leading”, in The New York Times
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mayorless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mayorless
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“mayorless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mayorless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mayorless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mayorless.
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