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burgomaster
[ bur-guh-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]
noun
- the chief magistrate of a municipal town of Holland, Flanders, Germany, or Austria.
burgomaster
/ ˈbɜːɡəˌmɑːstə /
noun
- the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- a popular name for the glaucous gull
Other Words From
- burgo·master·ship noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of burgomaster1
Word History and Origins
Origin of burgomaster1
Example Sentences
Mr. Watts, by contrast, is wearing a three-piece suit with a six-button vest in what appears to be stolid burgomaster’s loden.
Mr. Lavaux is the village’s burgomaster, a position equivalent to mayor or chief magistrate.
A sign, and we were hurried from the burgomaster's presence, and, with a file of pikemen surrounding us, we were taken, not to that loathsome dungeon, but into the open air.
I raised my head and perceived the burgomaster's widow at the window of the room where the previous evening I had seen Annouchka.
The magistrates invite the orchestra, and the burgomasters the singers.
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