maire
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Cracked a foreign diplomat in expectant Washington: "Us ne passeront pas devant le maire* but there will be a common-law marriage."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Mayor and his Assistants.—The executive head of the commune is the maire, or mayor, who is elected by the municipal council, by secret ballot, from its own membership, for a term of four years.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
The maire, a Protestant, asked me to help him in a small matter which is itself characteristic of the country.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
My first business in the morning was to find out and report myself to the maire.
From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood
But he's the maire, and one can't quarrel with him.'
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever
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