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, 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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Last week it was learned that Brussels had given Belgium another heroic burgomaster.

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It needed unyielding strength and indomitable courage to carry out such an undertaking, but these were qualifications which the burgomaster possessed, and had at an early age learned to employ.

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