See mayoress on Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "female mayor",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "burmistrzyni"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "female mayor",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "prefeita"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "female mayor",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primăriță"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "female mayor",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primăreasă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gradonačálʹnica",
"sense": "female mayor",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine"
],
"word": "градонача́льница"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female mayor",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "градона́челница"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "female mayor",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gradonáčelnica"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "female mayor",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "starostka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female mayor",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alcaldesa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mayor's wife",
"word": "mairesse"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mayor's wife",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "podestaressa"
}
],
"word": "mayoress"
}
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