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burgomaster|ˈbɜːgəʊˌmɑːstə(r)|
Also 6–7 bourgomaster.
[ad. Du. burgemeester, after Eng. master; see also burgher-, borough-master.]
1. The chief magistrate of a Dutch or Flemish town, nearly corresponding to the mayor in England. Often used loosely for any member of the governing body of a foreign municipality. Also for borough-master, as an official title in certain English boroughs.
1592Nashe P. Penilesse (1842) 69 The beare beeing chiefe burgomaster of all the beastes vnder the lyon. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. i. 84, I am ioyned with..Burgomasters, and great Oneyers, such as can holde in. a1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 157 Euery of the foresayd cities sent one of their burgomasters vnto the towne of Hage in Holland. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4350/1 The..Freeholders, Burgomasters, and other Inhabitants, of the ancient Borough of Cricklade. c1710Addison (J.) They chuse their councils and burgomasters out of the burgeois, as in the other governments of Switzerland. 1779Johnson Boerhaave Wks. IV. 356 The only daughter of a burgo-master of Leyden. 1864Kirk Chas. Bold II. iv. i. 220 The Burgo⁓masters were..employed in strengthening the defences.
2. A species of gull (Larus glaucus).
1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 349 The Great grey Gull..called at Amsterdam the Burgomaster of Groenland. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Burgomaster of Greenland..a whimsical name given by the Dutch sailors to a species of..sea gull. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xvi. (1856) 124 The birds, too, were back with us..the Ivory gull, the Burgomaster, and the tern. 1883tr. Nordenskiöld's Voy. Vega 43. |