Crossword clues for burgomaster
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burgomaster \Bur"go*mas`ter\, n. [D. burgemeester; burg borough + meester master; akin to G. burgemeister, b["u]rgermeister. See 1st Borough, and Master.]
A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.
(Zo["o]l.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull ( Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.
Wiktionary
alt. The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries. n. The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.
WordNet
n. a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
Wikipedia
Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgomeister, literally master of the town, borough or master of the fortress) is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or chairman of the executive council, usually of a sub-national level of administration such as a city or a similar entity. The name in English was derived from the Dutch burgemeester. In some cases, Burgomaster was the title of the head of state and head of government of a sovereign (or partially or de facto sovereign) city-state, sometimes combined with other titles (as in Hamburg's First Mayor and President of the Senate). Contemporary titles are commonly translated into English as mayor.
Usage examples of "burgomaster".
Ryessman, the Burgomaster, was six feet two inches tall, a white-haired ex-cavalry officer with a duelling scar on his forehead.
The Burgomaster was still an ardent Nazi but also a German of the old school.
Walter Ryessman had been made Burgomaster because of his long and faithful membership of the Party.
Soon they realized that Ryessman had influence in the Party far greater than his post as Burgomaster of Altgarten would suggest.
Already the side panels were almost full with Second World War casualties and the Burgomaster wondered whether the base of the fountain would be suitable for carving more names.
Andi Niels, a solemn young man with a gastric ulcer which, together with a certain amount of string-pulling by the Burgomaster, had released him from Army service.
Downstairs there were the tax, street-cleaning and ration-card offices, and the east wing of the building was given over to the police, although the Oberwachtmeister had his office on the same floor as the Burgomaster so that he was available for conference.
Acting on impulse the Burgomaster phoned through to police records and asked them for their file on this man Hans-Willy Meyer.
At that moment Andi Niels, personal secretary to the Burgomaster of Altgarten, was occupying a bed in Room 28 on the top floor of the silent Annex building.
On the other hand she also knew, unlike the Burgomaster, that Hanna Pippert - Johanna really, of course, but no one called her that - had died over six months ago.
He wondered if the Burgomaster would disapprove if he knew its origin.
He had explained to the Burgomaster that this evening he would have to leave early in case of air-raid duties.
Schott - the electricity chief - had known the Burgomaster for the greater part of this time.
It was not a period of his life about which the Burgomaster cared to be reminded.
He also made a little joke that the Burgomaster had caught up with his own rank and he thought he should now turn the tables upon him by becoming honorary Burgomaster.