bourgmestre
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French bourgemaistre (with various variants), from Middle Dutch burchmeester and Middle High German burgemeister.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bourgmestre m or f by sense (plural bourgmestres)
- (Belgium, Luxembourg) mayor
- Synonym: (France, Switzerland, Canada) maire
Usage notes
[edit]- Also used, often even in France, when referring to countries that use a cognate term (e.g. Germany, Poland, Sweden).
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bourgmestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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