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burgomaster

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


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The burgomaster, with relish rather than resolution, did so immediately.

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

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Henry Siegel arrived in the U. S. in 1867, aged 15, the eighth of the ten sons of the burgomaster of Eubigheim, Germany.

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On the Carters' trip to Germany, Rosalynn delighted the burgomaster of Linz by grabbing his arms and rushing him into a polka-like Schunkeltanz in the street.

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He was successful in his profession, and in 1780 was appointed chief burgomaster in K�nigsberg, and in 1786 privy councillor of war and president of the town.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various