burgomaster
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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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The burgomaster retorted that Father Wasmann's birth place was actually in Italian territory.
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Henry Siegel arrived in the U. S. in 1867, aged 15, the eighth of the ten sons of the burgomaster of Eubigheim, Germany.
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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 president of the communal council is the burgomaster, who is named by the sovereign in every instance for six years, and receives a salary varying from �40 to over �600.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
