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

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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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