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burgomaster

[bur-guh-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈbɜr gəˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /


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"I am Eduard Witschey, the burgomaster," he said.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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This was too much, even for the quisling burgomaster of Maastricht.

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Mild-mannered Frank Zeidler behaves more like a conservative burgomaster than a doctrinaire Socialist.

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"Oh, then the burgomaster knows something?" said Catherine, sharply.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles