Burgomaster \Bur"go*mas`ter\, n. [D. burgemeester; burg borough
+ meester master; akin to G. burgemeister, b["u]rgermeister.
See 1st {Borough}, and {Master}.]
1. A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland,
Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England
and the United States; a burghmaster.
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2. (Zool.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull ({Larus
glaucus}), common in arctic regions.
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