civil authority

Synonyms:

civil officer

Types:

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city manager, mayor

the head of a city government

ex-mayor

a former mayor

alcalde

a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town

burgomaster

a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria

mayoress

a woman mayor

Type of:

authority

(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others