burgher
an inhabitant of a town, especially a member of the middle class; citizen.
Origin of burgher
1Other words from burgher
- burgh·er·ship, noun
Words that may be confused with burgher
- burger, burgher
Words Nearby burgher
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How to use burgher in a sentence
Charles IX., who afterwards became rather too fond of these invasions of burgher homes, supped with a good appetite.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacThe burgher races these are called, while on the third and last day are the officers' races.
But such things would not have shocked the masses of plain burgher Frenchmen at all.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneYet there was nothing ostentatious, or which seemed inconsistent with the degree of an opulent burgher.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottIn the first place, painting celebrated as its worthiest subject the free burgher, the tighter in the heroic struggle for freedom.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard Muther
British Dictionary definitions for burgher
/ (ˈbɜːɡə) /
a member of the trading or mercantile class of a medieval city
a respectable citizen; bourgeois
archaic a citizen or inhabitant of a corporate town, esp on the Continent
Southern African history
a citizen of the Cape Colony or of one of the Transvaal and Free State republics
(as modifier): burgher troops
Origin of burgher
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