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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 burgomaster retorted that Father Wasmann's birth place was actually in Italian territory.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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In 1914 Adolphe Max had been Brussels' burgomaster for five years when the Kaiser's armies clomped over the border.

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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




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