Wykmaster, noun

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DutchShow more Partial translation of Dutch wykmeester, see Wykmeester.
obs.
Wardmaster.
1801 R. Curtis et al. in G.M. Theal Rec. of Cape Col. (1899) IV. 155The Wykmasters, or Wardens of the several Wards of the Town, this day attended the Commission, and were invested with orders and full authority to make out a Capitation list of all the inhabitants of every description residing within their respective Wards.
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