Podesta
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
(2): ( n.) One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The name given to the chief magistrate of an Italian town, with military as well as municipal authority; he was salaried, and annually elected to the office by the council, and had to give an account of his administration at the end of his term.
