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Definitions for burgomaster
ˈbɜr gəˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stərbur·go·mas·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. burgomasternoun

    a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria

Wiktionary

  1. burgomasternoun

    The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Burgomasternoun

    One employed in the government of a city.

    Etymology: from burg and master.

    They chuse their councils and burgomasters out of the burgeois, as in the other governments of Switzerland. Addison.

Wikipedia

  1. Burgomaster

    Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or executive of a city or town. The name in English was derived from the Dutch burgemeester. In some cases, Burgomaster was the title of the head of state and head of government of a sovereign (or partially or de facto sovereign) city-state, sometimes combined with other titles, such as Hamburg's First Mayor and President of the Senate). Contemporary titles are commonly translated into English as mayor.

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  1. burgomaster

    A burgomaster is a term used in various European countries to refer to the chief magistrate or mayor of a city or town. The position is equivalent to the mayor's role in governing and administering the affairs of a municipal government. The term is mostly used in countries like Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Belgium.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Burgomasternoun

    a chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster

  2. Burgomasternoun

    an aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions

Wikidata

  1. Burgomaster

    Burgomaster is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration. All contemporary titles are commonly translated into English as Town Mayor.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. burgomaster

    In the Arctic Sea, a large species of gull (Larus glaucus).

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of burgomaster in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of burgomaster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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