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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:bur·go·mas·ter
PRONUNCIATION:  bûrg-mstr
NOUN: The principal magistrate, comparable to a mayor, of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany.
ETYMOLOGY:Partial translation of Dutch burgemeester : burg, town (from Middle Dutch burch; see bhergh-2 in Appendix I) + meester, master.
 
 
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