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burgomaster

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


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

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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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So. too. it seemed last week when, on the Vienna model, a new burgomaster and four vice burgomasters were appointed for Sofia by government decree.

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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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Then I said, 'Heaven is not cruel, but just;' and I vowed a vow, to repay our burgomaster every shilling an I could.

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