maire
Example Sentences
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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
Looking furtively at the mayor's pale face, the young man regretted that he had not taken more on himself, for m'sieur le maire looked seriously displeased.
From Studies in love and in terror by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
In Polynesian islands he easily obtains pre-eminent authority; the king becomes his maire du palais; he can proscribe, he can command; and the temptation is ever towards too much.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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 Ogg, Frederic Austin
The whole of the Staff and H.Q. had been invited, and the maire, the curé, the médecin of the village, and their families were also to attend.
From Life in a Tank by Haigh, Richard
