Burgomaster

Word BURGOMASTER
Character 11
Hyphenation bur go mas ter
Pronunciations /ˈbɜɹɡəmæstəɹ/

Definitions and meanings of "Burgomaster"

What do we mean by burgomaster?

The principal magistrate, comparable to a mayor, of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany. 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. 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

An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions. noun

The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries. noun

A mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria noun

The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.

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The word "burgomaster" in example sentences

The word burgomaster recalled whatever had happened to the mind of ❋ Eug��ne Sue (1830)

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 ❋ Richard Joseph Beamish (1895)

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. ❋ Georg Ebers (1867)

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. ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)

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. ❋ Unknown (1827)

The burgomaster was a fine-looking man, pleasant-mannered and intelligent, and a lover of peace and quietness. ❋ Unknown (1827)

He wants to tear up what you laid down and pave all the streets with "burgomaster" stones, so that all may be equally comfortable. ❋ August Strindberg (1880)

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A fox or two was occasionally seen scenting around the ships, and a fox-hunt enlivened the floe with men and officers, who chased the unlucky brute as if they had all come to Griffith's Island especially for fox-skins; and the last of the feathered tribe, in the shape of a wounded "burgomaster," shivered, half frozen, as it came for its daily food. ❋ Sherard Osborn (1848)

The son of a deputy burgomaster, he appears to have received a thorough education, both general and musical. ❋ Lu (2009)

He had changed his name, and taken up his residence at Rotterdam, where he had insinuated himself into the good graces of an ancient and rich burgomaster, and, by his handsome person and graceful manners, captivated the affections of his only child, a very young person, of great beauty, and the heiress of much wealth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Captain Falconer having been detached to Rotterdam to bring up a part of the brigade of Scottish auxiliaries, who were in quarters there, a person of consideration in the town, to whom he had been formerly known, proposed to him for amusement to go to the high church, to see a countryman of his own married to the daughter of a wealthy burgomaster. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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