burgomaster

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

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

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"Oh, Gerard! who think you, hath sent to our house seeking you?—the burgomaster himself."

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