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
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Etymology
Origin of burgomaster
1585–95; < Dutch burgemeester, equivalent to burg borough + meester master, cognate with German Bürgermeister major
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Where might the burgomaster of Meerane be bound, all resplendent in his uniform of office, at this grey hour of a nipping winter's day?
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The burgomaster, with relish rather than resolution, did so immediately.
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This was too much, even for the quisling burgomaster of Maastricht.
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Says Willi Kaiser, the burgomaster of Bedburg, which includes the village of Kaster: "In the end people are usually satisfied."
From Time Magazine Archive
Four days later the burghers of Copenhagen, with the burgomaster at their head, overthrew the arrogant Danish nobles, and made Frederick III absolute monarch over Denmark and Norway.
From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Jacob B. Bull
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