burgomaster
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The Queen's Commissioner arrived, Burgomaster Witschey said grace in Dutch, and dinner proceeded: three stout courses followed by brandy and a speech by the burgomaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
The burgomaster, with relish rather than resolution, did so immediately.
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Mild-mannered Frank Zeidler behaves more like a conservative burgomaster than a doctrinaire Socialist.
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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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The burgomaster and aldermen could not deny this fundamental piece of historical logic.
From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
