burgomaster
Americannoun
noun
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the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
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a popular name for the glaucous gull
Other Word Forms
- burgomastership noun
Etymology
Origin of burgomaster
1585–95; < Dutch burgemeester, equivalent to burg borough + meester master, cognate with German Bürgermeister major
Example Sentences
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Last week it was learned that Brussels had given Belgium another heroic burgomaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stereotype of the small-city mayor is a Babbittish burgomaster who divides his time between Rotary luncheons and Boy Scout wiener roasts.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was too much, even for the quisling burgomaster of Maastricht.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mozart's Haffner Symphony was first � Haffner because it was written to oblige a wealthy burgomaster, so named, of Salzburg.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nay, burgomaster, look not on me so scared: no witch nor magician I, but a poor girl that hath been docile, and so bettered herself by a great neglected leech's art and learning.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
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