[
  {
    "word": "mayor",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8me\u026a.\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8me\u026a.\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8me\u026a.\u025a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/mayor-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1227655",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, &c., formerly usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Short for mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A member of a city council.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A high justice, an important judge.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "mayoress",
          "Lord Provost",
          "boroughmaster",
          "burgomaster",
          "praetor",
          "provost"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mayor"
    ]
  }
]