mayeur

== French == === Alternative forms === maïeur === Etymology === From Old French maior, from Latin maiōrem, accusative of maior. Doublet of maire, majeur, and major. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.jœʁ/ === Noun === mayeur m (plural mayeurs, feminine mayeure) (historical) a kind of judicial officer in a feudal manor (Belgium, informal) synonym of bourgmestre (“mayor”) (northern France, obsolete) synonym of maire (“mayor”) ==== Related terms ==== mayorat / maïorat mayoral / maïoral === Further reading === “mayeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012