What is another word for burgomaster?

Pronunciation: [bˈɜːɡəmˌastə] (IPA)

Burgomaster is a term that originated in the Netherlands and is used to refer to the mayor of a city or town. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to describe the same position. Some of the common synonyms include chief magistrate, city manager, city executive, town clerk, municipal administrator, and city superintendent. The term used may depend on the region or country where the mayor is serving and the type of government structure in place. Regardless of the synonyms used, the burgomaster or mayor has several responsibilities, including managing the local government, developing policies, and ensuring the wellbeing of the community.

What are the hypernyms for Burgomaster?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Burgomaster?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Burgomaster

Here and there might be seen a burgomaster, of slow and pompous gravity, giving his opinion with great confidence to a crowd of old women and idle boys.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
The good vrouw could not have her new cap, nor new gown, until the arrival of the ship; the artist waited for it for his tools, the burgomaster for his pipe and his supply of Hollands, the school-boy for his top and marbles, and the lordly landholder for the bricks with which he was to build his new mansion.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Set a man who has never painted, to watch Rembrandt paint the burgomaster Six, and he will no more understand how Rembrandt can have done it, than we can understand how the amoeba makes its test, or the protoplasm cements two broken ends of a piece of bone.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler

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