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burgomaster definition

burgo·mas·ter (bʉr′gō mas′tər, -gə-)

noun

the mayor or head magistrate of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany

Etymology: ME burghmaster < MDu burgemeester < burg (see borough) + meester, master

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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