What is "burgomasters"

Usage examples of "burgomasters".

Here the margrave of the city, the burgomasters, senators, soldiers, and citizens fought to the last, until not one remained to wield a sword.

So long as my boyars and burgomasters were honestthose who were not had their heads removedthe taxes were regularly stored by my exchequer officers in a special stone house in the village of Barovia until need arose to put them to use.

PART II: AZALIN CHAPTER FOUR 542 Barovian Calendar, Barovia Mid-summer solstice was more than a week away, but many of the burgomasters had chosen not to wait and sent their annual tax early.