mairesse
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From maire (“mayor”) + -esse (“-ess”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mairesse f (plural mairesses, masculine maire)
- (Quebec, Switzerland) female equivalent of maire; A mayoress, female mayor
- (obsolete) the wife of a mayor
Further reading[edit]
- “mairesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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