“borough、master”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

borough-master

释义

borough-master|ˈbʌrəˌmɑːstə(r)|
Also burough-, burgh-, bourg-: and see burgomaster.
[f. borough + master; in sense 1 imitated from Du. burgemeester.]
†1. A Dutch or Flemish burgomaster; sometimes used incorrectly, and also extended to similar functionaries in other foreign countries (e.g., quot. 1625 relates to Poland).
b. The head of the municipality of certain Irish boroughs. Obs.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 436 And some of the borough maisters of the sayde towne [Bruges].1590Greene Neuer too late (1600) 14 The richest Merchant or grauest Burghmaster.1625Purchas Pilgrim ii. 1421 The Borrow-masters sell Wine.1696Lond. Gaz. No. 3178/4 The Borough Master, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Bayle in Ireland.
2. The patron or ‘owner’ of a borough (3 c).
a1832Bentham Mem. Wks. 1843 X. 237 Members..are supposed to speak the sentiments of the borough-master who puts them in.

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