"wardmaster" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From ward + master, partly after Dutch wijkmeester.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Elections as wardmaster or commissioner on the council were open to all ethnicities but not to all classes, or to women.",
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        "An alderman or director of a city ward in the Netherlands or a Dutch colony."
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        "(now historical) An alderman or director of a city ward in the Netherlands or a Dutch colony."
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        "The superintendent of a hospital ward."
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