burgomaster
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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 burgomaster retorted that Father Wasmann's birth place was actually in Italian territory.
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The stereotype of the small-city mayor is a Babbittish burgomaster who divides his time between Rotary luncheons and Boy Scout wiener roasts.
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This was too much, even for the quisling burgomaster of Maastricht.
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"Oh, then the burgomaster knows something?" said Catherine, sharply.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
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