burgomaster

Example Sentences

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In 1914 Adolphe Max had been Brussels' burgomaster for five years when the Kaiser's armies clomped over the border.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Mayor James J. Walker of New York City, as to many another metropolitan burgomaster, hotel owners have recently complained most bitterly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week it was learned that Brussels had given Belgium another heroic 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.

From Time Magazine Archive

"No! no!" said the burgomaster; "it is nearer home, and nobody is dead or dying, old friend."

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