burgomaster
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Mild-mannered Frank Zeidler behaves more like a conservative burgomaster than a doctrinaire Socialist.
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The burgomaster, feeling his responsibilities, grew nervous and asked for police reserves; he was promised 30 men for Sunday morning.
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This was too much, even for the quisling burgomaster of Maastricht.
From Time Magazine Archive
The burgomaster and aldermen could not deny this fundamental piece of historical logic.
From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
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