"podesta" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2022, Jane Stevenson, Siena, Head of Zeus, p. 65",
          "text": "Secular palaces, such as that of the Tolomei, were rented for municipal use, and officials such as the Podestà were found lodgings in others."
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        "A municipal administrator during the Italian Fascist regime (1927–43)."
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        "(now historical) A municipal administrator during the Italian Fascist regime (1927–43)."
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