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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Podesta

/pōd-ĕs'-tə/ · Po·des·ta · IPA /poʊdˈɛstə/
01 n. One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.
  1. 1.
    One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.
  2. 2.
    A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.