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burgomaster

/bur-guh-mas-ter, -mah-ster/US // ˈbɜr gəˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər //UK // (ˈbɜːɡəˌmɑːstə) //

镇长,城主,乡镇长,城主大人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the chief magistrate of a municipal town of Holland, Flanders, Germany, or Austria.

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Examples

  • At the Porte de Laeken, the burgomaster, kneeling reverently, presented the keys of the city in a silver basin.

  • The Burgomaster gave him the keys of the city; and the Pensionary of Louvain welcomed him on behalf of all the local magistrates.

  • Of the Htel de Ville, where the Burgomaster and most of the magistrates met their death, nothing remained but the bare walls.

  • Some of the soldiers refused to touch the burgomaster, and told Warfuse to his face that they were not assassins.

  • The Count ventured to open the door, and allow the burgomaster's cousin and his friends to escape.