burgomaster
noun
the chief magistrate of a municipal town of Holland, Flanders, Germany, or Austria.
burgomastership
-
a word derived from
burgomaster.
Example Sentences
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He was very ambitious for the burgomastership which, he flattered himself, he could discharge better than any body.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
It need hardly be said that his burgomastership which, by the way, only lasts twenty-four hours, filled up with constant embarrassments, disillusionments and mortifications, finally turns out a complete failure.
From Ludvig Holberg, The Founder of Norwegian Literature and an Oxford Student by Simon Christian Hammer
I wish the devil would run off with this burgomastership.
From Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus by Ludvig Holberg, Baron
Yes, I am dreaming, in such a way that I have dreamed us into a burgomastership GESKE.
From Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus by Ludvig Holberg, Baron
