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n. [ D. burgemeester; burg borough + meester master; akin to G. burgemeister, bürgermeister. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dragomans [ From F. dragoman, or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. &unr_;, Ar. tarjumān, from the same source as E. targum. Cf. Drogman, Truchman. ] An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. See Dragoman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. good man; but cf. also AS. gumman a man, OHG. gomman man, husband. ] A husband; a master of a family. [ Obs. ]

{ } n. (Eccl.-Hist.) One of the followers of Francis Gomar or Gomarus, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Logomachy. ] One who contends about words. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; lo`gos word + &unr_; fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie. ] 1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words. [ 1913 Webster ]

The discussion concerning the meaning of the word “justification” . . . has largely been a mere logomachy. L. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game of word making. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. phgh` fountain + -mancy. ] Divination by fountains. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + maxillary. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls. -- n. A squamozygomatic bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to yoke, zygo`n a yoke. ] (Anat.) (a) The jugal, malar, or cheek bone. (b) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone. (c) The whole zygomatic arch. [ 1913 Webster ]