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burgomaster

[bur-guh-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈbɜr gəˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /


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The burgomaster retorted that Father Wasmann's birth place was actually in Italian territory.

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

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So. too. it seemed last week when, on the Vienna model, a new burgomaster and four vice burgomasters were appointed for Sofia by government decree.

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"Oh, Gerard! who think you, hath sent to our house seeking you?—the burgomaster himself."

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