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View synonyms for burgomaster

burgomaster

[ bur-guh-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

noun

  1. the chief magistrate of a municipal town of Holland, Flanders, Germany, or Austria.


burgomaster

/ ˈbɜːɡəˌmɑːstə /

noun

  1. the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  2. a popular name for the glaucous gull
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • burgo·master·ship noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burgomaster1

1585–95; < Dutch burgemeester, equivalent to burg borough + meester master, cognate with German Bürgermeister major
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burgomaster1

C16: partial translation of Dutch burgemeester ; see borough , master
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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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