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bürgermeister

bürgermeister noun: synonym of burgomaster.

Noun

bürgermeister (plural bürgermeisters)

  1. Synonym of burgomaster.
    • In that part of Hannover, for example, which is denominated the old town, which contains about 12,000 inhabitants, there are two bürgermeisters, one syndicus, four secretaries, five senators, and one auditor, making in all thirteen persons, with a competent number of clerks and messengers.1820, Thomas Hodgskin, Travels in the North of Germany: Describing the Present State of the Social and Political Institutions, Edinburgh: A. Constable and Co., page 393
    • There was, it is true, a public reconciliation between the bürgermeisters and the president of the Sixty-four; […]1847, Leopold Ranke, translated by Sarah Austin, History of the Reformation in Germany, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], page 430
    Synonyms:
    burgomaster

Synonyms of bürgermeister

Forms of bürgermeister

pluralbürgermeisters
alternative formburgermeister

Origin of bürgermeister

From German Bürgermeister.

Questions about bürgermeister

What does bürgermeister mean?
Bürgermeister means synonym of burgomaster.
What part of speech is bürgermeister?
Bürgermeister is a noun.
What is the plural of bürgermeister?
The plural of bürgermeister is bürgermeisters.

Words near bürgermeister in the dictionary

  1. Büchner funnel
  2. Büchner funnels
  3. Bückeburg
  4. Bühl
  5. Bümpliz
  6. bürgermeister
  7. bürgermeisters
  8. bütschliite
  9. Büşra
  10. Băbana
  11. Băbeni

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