burgomaster

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Mozart's Haffner Symphony was first � Haffner because it was written to oblige a wealthy burgomaster, so named, of Salzburg.

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The stereotype of the small-city mayor is a Babbittish burgomaster who divides his time between Rotary luncheons and Boy Scout wiener roasts.

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The burgomaster, with relish rather than resolution, did so immediately.

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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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“Know you that?” he inquired of his companion, the chief burgomaster of the city.

From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Bull, Jacob B.