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burgermeister

burgermeister is the alternative form of bürgermeister.

Meaning of bürgermeister

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
    Synonyms:
    burgomaster

Forms of burgermeister

pluralburgermeisters

Questions about burgermeister

What is burgermeister the alternative form of?
Burgermeister is the alternative form of bürgermeister.

Words near burgermeister in the dictionary

  1. burgerland
  2. burgerless
  3. burgerlicious
  4. burgerlike
  5. burgermaking
  6. burgermeister
  7. burgermeisters
  8. burgernomics
  9. burgerology
  10. burgers
  11. Burgers vector

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