burgomaster
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"I am Eduard Witschey, the burgomaster," he said.
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The Queen's Commissioner arrived, Burgomaster Witschey said grace in Dutch, and dinner proceeded: three stout courses followed by brandy and a speech by the burgomaster.
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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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The burgomaster retorted that Father Wasmann's birth place was actually in Italian territory.
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In 1303, one Heinderic Crommelin was three times burgomaster of Der Kuere, near Ghent.
From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.
