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LANDAMMANN
Etymology
Noun
Landammann (plural Landammanns or Landammänner)
A chief magistrate in certain cantons or other administrative districts in Switzerland.
Usage notes
• Nowadays, this term is typically italicized to indicate its status as a foreign loanword.
Source: Wiktionary
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BODILY
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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