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burger

[ bur-ger ]
/ ˈbɜr gər /
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noun

a hamburger.
a food patty, or patty on a bun, containing ingredients other than beef: veggie or turkey burgers.

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RELATED WORDS

beefburger, cheeseburger, hamburger

Nearby words

burgas, burgee, burgenland, burgeois, burgeon, burger, burger, warren earl, burgess, burgess shale, burgess, anthony, burgess, gelett

Origin of burger

1935–40, Americanism; extracted from hamburger by false analysis as ham1 + burger
Can be confusedburger burgher

Definition for burger (2 of 3)

Burger

[ bur-ger ]
/ ˈbɜr gər /

noun

Warren Earl,1907–1995, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1969–86.

Definition for burger (3 of 3)

-burger

a combining form extracted from hamburger, occurring in compounds the initial element of which denotes a special garnish for a hamburger or a substitute ingredient for the meat patty: baconburger; cheeseburger; fishburger.
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British Dictionary definitions for burger (1 of 2)

burger

/ (ˈbɜːɡə) /

noun

informal
  1. short for hamburger
  2. (in combination)a cheeseburger

British Dictionary definitions for burger (2 of 2)

Bürger

/ (German ˈbyrɡər) /

noun

Gottfried August (ˈɡɔtfriːt ˈauɡʊst). 1747–94, German lyric poet, noted particularly for his ballad Lenore (1773)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for burger

burger

n.

1939, American English, shortened from hamburger (q.v.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper