the mayor or head magistrate of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany
Origin of burgomaster
Middle English burghmaster from Middle Dutch burgemeester from burg (see borough) + meester, masterburgomaster
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burgomaster
noun
The principal magistrate, comparable to a mayor, of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany.
Origin of burgomaster
Partial translation of Dutch burgemeester burg town ( from Middle Dutch burch ; see bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots.) meester masterTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural burgomasters)
- The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.
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