burgomaster

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Mr. Lavaux is the village’s burgomaster, a position equivalent to mayor or chief magistrate.

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A sign, and we were hurried from the burgomaster's presence, and, with a file of pikemen surrounding us, we were taken, not to that loathsome dungeon, but into the open air.

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I raised my head and perceived the burgomaster's widow at the window of the room where the previous evening I had seen Annouchka.

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The magistrates invite the orchestra, and the burgomasters the singers.

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Herr Lueger, the burgomaster of Vienna, sent a cable message to Mayor Harrison, expressing sympathy and deep condolence over the terrible catastrophe.

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