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lord mayor

noun

(chiefly in Britain and the Commonwealth) the mayor of certain cities or the chief municipal officer of certain boroughs.

Lord Mayor

noun

the mayor in the City of London and in certain other important boroughs and large cities

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lord mayor¹

First recorded in 1545–55

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At the demo at City Hall, Belfast's deputy lord mayor said he wanted to show solidarity to people who had been targeted in the unrest.

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Michael said that he and his now husband had not planned on getting married - until the involvement of a friend who was the then lord mayor of Dublin.

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Their wedding happened in the Lord Mayor's official residence, The Mansion House in 2018.

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Meanwhile, protesters supporting the striking bin workers disrupted a ceremony to mark the election of Birmingham's new Lord Mayor.

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The outgoing Lord Mayor, Ken Wood, shouted back at them to sit down before asking for the gallery to be cleared.

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