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burghermaster

burghermaster is the alternative form of burgomaster.

Meaning of burgomaster

Noun

burgomaster (plural burgomasters)

  1. The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.
    Synonyms:
    bürgermeister//burgermeister

Forms of burghermaster

pluralburghermasters

Origin of burghermaster

From burgher + master, a calque of Dutch burgemeester.

Questions about burghermaster

What is burghermaster the alternative form of?
Burghermaster is the alternative form of burgomaster.

Words near burghermaster in the dictionary

  1. burgherdom
  2. burgheress
  3. burgheresses
  4. burgherhood
  5. burgherly
  6. burghermaster
  7. burghermasters
  8. burghers
  9. burghership
  10. Burghill
  11. burghmaster

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burghermaster (page history and authors); burgomaster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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