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burgomaster

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


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Mozart's Haffner Symphony was first � Haffner because it was written to oblige a wealthy burgomaster, so named, of Salzburg.

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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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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 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.

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Well, he is the burgomaster: I will go: but it likes me not.

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