hizzoner
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Meaning · English
Eye dialect spelling of His Honor, the mayor, especially of a large city.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
1930, John Bright, Hizzoner Big Bill Thompson: An Idyll of Chicago, [book title].
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “hizzoner” mean?
Eye dialect spelling of His Honor, the mayor, especially of a large city.
Is “hizzoner” formal or informal?
hizzoner is generally slang.