burghermastern.
/ˈbəːrɡəˌmɑːstə/ rare.
= burgomaster n.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > Dutch or Flemish
pensionary1509
borough-mastera1513
burgomaster1586
pensioner1587
burghermaster1676
1676 London Gaz. No. 1089/3 The Burghermasters have empowred several Burghers and Merchants to raise a Sum of Money among themselves.
1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 445 All the Birds that are found here [i.e. in Greenland] can swim except one sort..called Burgher masters.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 523 A post we sometimes find occupied by a burghermaster.
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