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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Bürgermeister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: purk‧mi‧s‧tr
Noun
purkmistr m anim (female equivalent purkmistrová)
- (historical) mayor
- Synonym: starosta
Ve funkci purkmistra se konšelé zprvu střídali, později byl purkmistr volen a potvrzen vrchností.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Declension of purkmistr (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “purkmistr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “purkmistr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “purkmistr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)