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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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The burgomaster, with relish rather than resolution, did so immediately.

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On the Carters' trip to Germany, Rosalynn delighted the burgomaster of Linz by grabbing his arms and rushing him into a polka-like Schunkeltanz in the street.

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Four days later the burghers of Copenhagen, with the burgomaster at their head, overthrew the arrogant Danish nobles, and made Frederick III absolute monarch over Denmark and Norway.

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