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burgh·er  (bûrgr)

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.

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[German Bürger or Dutch burger, both from Middle High German burgaere, from Old High German burgr, from burg, city; see bhergh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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burgher [ˈbɜːgə]

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) South African History

a.  a citizen of the Cape Colony or of one of the Transvaal and Free State republics

b.  (as modifier) burgher troops

[from German Bürger, or Dutch burger freeman of a borough]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	burgher - a citizen of an English borough burgess Englishman - a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
	2.	burgher - a member of the middle class bourgeois bourgeoisie, middle class - the social class between the lower and upper classes common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title petit bourgeois - a member of the lower middle class

Translations

burgher [ˈbɜːgəʳ] N (archaic or liter) (= bourgeois) → burgués/esa m/f; (= citizen) → ciudadano/a m/f

burgher [ˈbɜː^rgə^r] n (old-fashioned) → citoyen(ne) m/f

burgher

n (old) → Bürger(in) m(f)

burgher [ˈbɜːgəʳ] n → cittadino/a