burgomaster
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The burgomaster, feeling his responsibilities, grew nervous and asked for police reserves; he was promised 30 men for Sunday morning.
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Henry Siegel arrived in the U. S. in 1867, aged 15, the eighth of the ten sons of the burgomaster of Eubigheim, Germany.
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The burgomaster, with relish rather than resolution, did so immediately.
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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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"No! no!" said the burgomaster; "it is nearer home, and nobody is dead or dying, old friend."
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
