burgomaster Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria

WordNet

Bur"go*mas`ter noun
Etymology
D. burgemeester; burg borough + meester master; akin to G. burgemeister, bürgermeister. See 1st Borough, and Master.
Definitions
  1. A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.
  2. (Zoöl.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.

Webster 1913