bourgmestre

French

Alternative forms

• bourguemaître (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bourgemaistre (with various variants), from Middle Dutch burchmeester and Middle High German burgemeister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁ.mɛstʁ/, /buʁɡ.mɛstʁ/

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Noun

bourgmestre m or f by sense (plural bourgmestres)

1. (Belgium, Luxembourg, and of Germanic-speaking countries) mayor

See also

• mayeur
• maire

Further reading

• “bourgmestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.