Burgomaster, the Anglicised form of the Dutch burgemeester (German bürgermeister), the title of the chief-magistrate of a city or town, analogous to the French maire, the English mayor, and the Scotch provost.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 555
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