burgemeester
Dutch
editAlternative forms
edit- burgermeester (superseded)
Etymology
editFrom Middle Dutch borchmeester, borgermeester. Corresponding to either a compound of burg (“burgh, town”) or burger (“citizen”) + meester (“master”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editburgemeester m (plural burgemeesters, feminine burgemeesteres)
- mayor, burgomaster (head of a city or municipality)
- one of two species of gull:
- Synonym of kleine burgemeester (“Larus glaucoides”)
- Synonym of grote burgemeester (“Larus hyperboreus”)
- (obsolete, historical) Roman consul [17th–19th c.]
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: burgemeester
- → English: burgomaster
- → French: bourgmestre
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