burgomaster
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Last week it was learned that Brussels had given Belgium another heroic 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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"I am Eduard Witschey, the burgomaster," he said.
From Time Magazine Archive
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, seeing that this day was the day for the fair of japes, would listen to them no longer.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
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