Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A male government official, especially a mayor.

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  • proper noun slang, US Eye dialect spelling of His Honor, the mayor, especially of a large city.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Humorous alteration of His Honor.]

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Examples

  • McGinn hasn't even defined what is and isn't essential to his agenda yet ... let's just say that I think there'll be a lot more sore shoulders in Hizzoner's future.

    Council Blasts McGinn for Putting Police Hires on Hold « PubliCola 2010

  • (Hizzoner is well-known to be the best dressed man in the entire state of California, and nobody's been even in the running for 30 years.)

    News from All Over 2008

  • (Hizzoner is well-known to be the best dressed man in the entire state of California, and nobody's been even in the running for 30 years.)

    Archive 2008-08-01 2008

  • Hizzoner is intelligent, well spoken and has very good management and leadership skills.

    Sound Politics: Giuliani is looking interesting 2007

  • In fact, in our house my father laid down three cardinal rules: Go to church on Sunday; treat your mother with respect; don't say anything bad about "Hizzoner" - for you non-Chicagoans, that would be the first Mayor Richard Daley.

    Logistics Management Logistics - Best Practices News 2010

  • I mean, it’s not like Hizzoner is serving as the sworn mayor of an American city while having serious ties to a seditionist group like MEChA that wants to give the American Southwest to Mexico.

    Two Americas Watch: Antonio Villaraigosa (D). - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • Mr. 0%, aka Hizzoner Mayor Larry O'Brien, is demanding a $50 "snow tax" per household to cover the unforeseen costs of snow removal in the city of Ottawa.

    Wintry thoughts from Ottawa 2008

  • Mr. 0%, aka Hizzoner Mayor Larry O'Brien, is demanding a $50 "snow tax" per household to cover the unforeseen costs of snow removal in the city of Ottawa.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • Nonetheless, the tryouts drew more than 40 would-be comics - including me, not to mention "Hizzoner", former New York Mayor "Ed" Koch.

    Richard Z. Chesnoff: Old Jews Telling Jokes 2009

  • In the meantime, the televersion of Mayor Mike Bloomberg has made three fictional appearances in Toobworld since he first became "Hizzoner".

    TVXOHOF, 11/2009-A: MIKE BLOOMBERG Toby O'B 2009

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