Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Burgomaster

Burgomaster ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Dutch burgemeester; burg borough + meester master; akin to German burgemeister, burgermeister. 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.
2.
(Zoology) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.