Burgomaster Definition

bûrgə-măstər
noun
The mayor or head magistrate of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Burgomaster

Noun

Singular:
burgomaster
Plural:
burgomasters

Origin of Burgomaster

  • Partial translation of Dutch burgemeester burg town (from Middle Dutch burch bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots) meester master

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Burgomaster Sentence Examples

  • In 1650 he became burgomaster of Dort and member of the states of Holland and West Friesland.

  • The burgomaster has the power to suspend any of the council's decrees for 30 days.

  • His family came from Livonia, one of his ancestors having been burgomaster of Riga.

  • In February 1644, at the express desire of King Christian IV., the Copenhagen burgesses elected him burgomaster.

  • Nicolls won over the burgomaster of New Amsterdam and other prominent citizens by the favourable terms which he offered, and Stuyvesant was forced, without fighting, into a formal surrender on the 8th of September.

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