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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Burgomaster \Bur"go*mas`ter\, n. [D. burgemeester burg borough + meester master; akin to G. burgemeister b["u]rgermeister. See 1st {Borough}, and {Master}.] 1. A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster. 2. (Zo["o]l.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull ({Larus glaucus}), common in arctic regions. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: burgomaster n : a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
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