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burgomaster

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


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

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Willi Kaiser, the burgomaster of Bedburg, which includes the village of Kaster: "In the end people are usually satisfied."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.




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