Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage German Other Forms FormsBuermeister; Burmester; Buermester Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 5/10/2014 by LMS Edited 5/15/2014 by LMS Meaning & History North German: status name for the mayor or chief magistrate of a town, from Middle Low German bur ‘inhabitant, dweller’, ‘neighbor’, ‘peasant’, ‘citizen’ + mester ‘master’.