city father

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city father

A municipal official, such as a council member.

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city father

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who is active or prominent in the public affairs of a city, such as an alderman

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cit′y fa′ther

any of the officials or prominent citizens of a city.

[1835–45, Amer.]

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city father - an important municipal official

functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office

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The city fathers sanctioned them and licensed them.

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They march to the box of the city fathers, and formally salute.

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The tide-lands had been in litigation for years, and he took the bull by the horns--buying out the private owners and at the same time leasing from the city fathers.

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With 37.1 percent, Silegov wins over Trajanovski's 34.6 percent, and it seems like SDSM's candidate will be elected as the new "city father ".

SURVEY: THANKS TO THE ALBANIANS SILEGOV WILL WIN IN SKOPJE

James Dye, every day at the Stadium since his fatally punched week's EnglandvWales PAGE 3 FULL STORY: but beside to his has spent Cardiff City father was before last game.

A GREAT FATHER A GREAT MATE... MY IDOL

Pastor of Holy Family Church in Gaza City Father Jorge Hernandez valued His Majesty King Abdullah's efforts to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians in the costal enclave through setting up a Jordanian field hospital there.

Pastor of Holy Family Church in Gaza City hails Jordan field hospital

While she was unrecognizable in the sea of Munchkin faces, her brother was featured prominently as a Munchkinland city father who welcomed Dorothy, played by Judy Garland.

Margaret Raia

2 City father in death crash A FATHER-OF-ONE from Liverpool has been named as one of 15 people killed in a helicopter crash off the Scottish coast.

INSIDE

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with the murder of city father Michael McGuigan in Hillfields in May last year.

Jury considers its verdict in murder trial

A COVENTRY man has appeared in court charged with the murder of city father Kevin Lowry.

Man, 27, in court charged murder of dad at city flats

DISGRACED former Coventry City striker Lee Hughes (above) has lost his right to appeal against a six-year sentence for causing the death of a city father.

Hughes fails in appeal move

He said that owners of a number of private hospitals, clinics, plazas have encroached upon the state's land with the blessing of the CDA officials while others have grabbed green belts but the city fathers would never move against them.