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Webster 1913 Edition

Burgomaster

Bur′go-masˊter

,
Noun.
[D.
burgemeester
;
burg
borough +
meester
master; akin to G.
burgemeister
,
bürgermeister
. See 1st
Borough
, and
Master
.]
1.
A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.
2.
(Zool.)
An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (
Larus glaucus
), common in arctic regions.

Webster 1828 Edition

Burgomaster

BURG'OM'ASTER

,
Noun.
[burg and master.] A burgh-master; a magistrate or one employed in the government of a city. The burgomasters are the chief magistrates of the great towns, in Holland, Flanders and Germany.

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