burgemeester.
mayor, burgomaster (head of a city or municipality)
Meaning & usage
mayor, burgomaster (head of a city or municipality)
one of two species of gull: synonym of kleine burgemeester (“Larus glaucoides”)
one of two species of gull: synonym of grote burgemeester (“Larus hyperboreus”)
Roman consul
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch borchmeester, borgermeester. This form represents a compound of burg (“burgh, town”) + meester (“master”), but forms with -r- are influenced by burger (“citizen”). The earliest attestations lack the -r-.
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