burgomaster

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Says Willi Kaiser, the burgomaster of Bedburg, which includes the village of Kaster: "In the end people are usually satisfied."

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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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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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The fiery old burgomaster flung himself on his mule, and, spurring him to a gallop, he headed not his own men only but the fugitives.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles