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bur·glar 
[bur-gler] Pronunciation Key
[bur-gler] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a person who commits burglary. |
[Origin: 1225–75; ME < AF burgler (cf. AL burg(u)lātor), perh. < OF *borgl(er) to plunder, pillage (< Gallo-Rom *būriculāre, equiv. to *būric(āre) (Old Low Franconian *būrj(an) to dart at, pounce upon + VL *-icāre v. suffix; cf. OF burgier to strike, hit) + -ulāre v. suffix) + AF -er -er2; see -ar2]
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| bur·glar
(bûr'glər) Pronunciation Key
n. One who commits burglary. [Anglo-Norman burgler (alteration of burgesur, probably from Old French burg, borough) and Medieval Latin burgulātor (alteration of burgātor, from burgāre, to commit burglary in, from Late Latin burgus, fortified town), both of Germanic origin; see bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
burglar
burglar
1541, shortened from M.E. burgulator, from Anglo-L. burglator (1268), from O.Fr. burgeor "burglar," from M.L. burgator "burglar," from burgare "to break open, commit burglary," from L. burgus "fortress, castle," a Gmc. loan-word akin to borough. The intrusive -l- is perhaps from infl. of L. latro "thief," originally "hired servant." The native word was burgh-breche. The verb burglarize is from 1871. Burgle (1872) is a hideous back-formation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| burglar | |
noun | |
| a thief who enters a building with intent to steal |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: bur·glar
Pronunciation: 'b&r-gl&r
Function: noun
: a person who commits a burglary
Main Entry: bur·glar
Pronunciation: 'b&r-gl&r
Function: noun
: a person who commits a burglary
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Burglar
Bur"glar\, n. [OE. burg town, F. bourg, fr. LL. burgus (of German origin) + OF. lere thief, fr. L. latro. See Borough, and Larceny.] (Law) One guilty of the crime of burglary. Burglar alarm, a device for giving alarm if a door or window is opened from without.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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