Meaning of podestà | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A chief magistrate of various Italian republics and city-states in the Middle Ages.
   historical
2. A surname from Italian.
3. A municipal administrator during the Italian Fascist regime (1927–43).
   historical

Examples

“Secular palaces, such as that of the Tolomei, were rented for municipal use, and officials such as the Podestà were found lodgings in others.”

“M.B. herself is tormented by anxiety […] for her husband, who, as Podestà of this town, is likely soon to get into trouble.”

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