Lady Mayoress

English

Noun

Lady Mayoress (plural Lady Mayoresses or Ladies Mayoress or Ladies Mayoresses)

1. The wife or other official female consort of a Lord Mayor
   • 2016 "Our Work" Leeds Children's Charity website:

     In 1904, Helen Currer Briggs, the Lady Mayoress of Leeds paved the way to providing free holidays for young children whose family income was less than a single pound. Since then it has been the right of every new Lady Mayoress to become the president of the charity.

   • 2019, The Lord Mayor of Manchester: Councillor Abid Latif Chohan‎^[1]:

     [His wife,] Azra, will support him as Lady Mayoress for the first six months of his term. His daughter, Aisha, will support him as Lady Mayoress for the second half of his term.

Usage notes

A female holder of the office of Lord Mayor is called a Lord Mayor or Lady Mayor.