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
Etymology
Origin of burgomaster
1585–95; < Dutch burgemeester, equivalent to burg borough + meester master, cognate with German Bürgermeister major
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The Queen's Commissioner arrived, Burgomaster Witschey said grace in Dutch, and dinner proceeded: three stout courses followed by brandy and a speech by the burgomaster.
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On the Carters' trip to Germany, Rosalynn delighted the burgomaster of Linz by grabbing his arms and rushing him into a polka-like Schunkeltanz in the street.
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Mild-mannered Frank Zeidler behaves more like a conservative burgomaster than a doctrinaire Socialist.
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In 1914 Adolphe Max had been Brussels' burgomaster for five years when the Kaiser's armies clomped over the border.
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Antwerp, with St Aldegonde as its burgomaster, was still in the hands of the patriots and barred the way to the sea, and covered Zeeland from invasion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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