Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The principal magistrate, comparable to a mayor, of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A borough-master; the chief magistrate of a municipal town in the Netherlands, Germany, and other Tcutonic countries, nearly corresponding to mayor in England and the United States.
- noun The great ice-gull or glaucous gull, Larus glaucus, of the arctic regions, one of the largest and most powerful species of the family Laridœ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to
mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster. - noun (Zoöl.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (
Larus glaucus ), common in arctic regions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
mayor , or headmagistrate , of atown inThe Netherlands ,Belgium ,Germany and certain other countries.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word burgomaster recalled whatever had happened to the mind of
The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830
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The word burgomaster recalled whatever had happened to the mind of
The Wandering Jew — Volume 01 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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The story of a general shot by the son of a burgomaster was a repetition of a tragedy that had occurred at Aerschot, on the 19th, where the fifteen-year-old son of the burgomaster had been killed by a firing squad, not because he had shot a general, but because an officer had been shot, probably by
History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Richard Joseph Beamish 1895
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At times the fair image of his home rose before his memory -- but it vanished as soon as he recalled the burgomaster's dignified figure, his own miserable weakness and the repulse he had experienced.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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At times the fair image of his home rose before his memory -- but it vanished as soon as he recalled the burgomaster's dignified figure, his own miserable weakness and the repulse he had experienced.
The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867
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At times the fair image of his home rose before his memory -- but it vanished as soon as he recalled the burgomaster's dignified figure, his own miserable weakness and the repulse he had experienced.
The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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At the tea-table there was plenty of conversation on a great variety of subjects, nor were there wanting jocose matters of discussion, such as they were; for young Mr Cheeryble's recent stay in Germany happening to be alluded to, old Mr Cheeryble informed the company that the aforesaid young Mr Cheeryble was suspected to have fallen deeply in love with the daughter of a certain German burgomaster.
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 1841
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He told me that the burgomaster was a Catholic, a worthy man, well to do, but rather thick-headed; in short, a fine subject for a joke.
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The burgomaster was a fine-looking man, pleasant-mannered and intelligent, and a lover of peace and quietness.
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He told me that the burgomaster was a Catholic, a worthy man, well to do, but rather thick-headed; in short, a fine subject for a joke.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 19: Back Again to Paris Giacomo Casanova 1761
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