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burgher
citizen of a town or borough
Not to be confused with:
burger – hamburger
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burgh·er
(bûr′gər)n.
1. A citizen of a town or borough.
2. A comfortable or complacent member of the middle class.
3.
a. A member of the mercantile class of a medieval European city.
b. A citizen of a medieval European city.
[German Bürger or Dutch burger, both from Middle High German burgaere, from Old High German burgārī, from burg, city; see bhergh- in Indo-European roots.]
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burgher
(ˈbɜːɡə)n
1. (Historical Terms) a member of the trading or mercantile class of a medieval city
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a respectable citizen; bourgeois
3. (Historical Terms) archaic a citizen or inhabitant of a corporate town, esp on the Continent
4. (Historical Terms) history
a. a citizen of the Cape Colony or of one of the Transvaal and Free State republics
b. (as modifier): burgher troops.
[C16: from German Bürger, or Dutch burger freeman of a borough]
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burgh•er
(ˈbɜr gər)n.
an inhabitant of a town or borough, esp. a well-to-do member of the middle class.
burgh′er•ship`, n.
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Noun | 1. | burgher - a citizen of an English borough Englishman - a man who is a native or inhabitant of England |
2. | burgher - a member of the middle class bourgeoisie, middle class - the social class between the lower and upper classes petit bourgeois - a member of the lower middle class |
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burgher
[ˈbɜːgəʳ] N (archaic or liter) (= bourgeois) → burgués/esa m/f; (= citizen) → ciudadano/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
burgher
n (old) → Bürger(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
burgher
[ˈbɜːgəʳ] n → cittadino/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995