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
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How to use burgher in a sentence
In the famous "burghers' parlor" their solemn deliberations took place.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac"The Lorrains are, even now, endeavoring to turn the burghers against you," remarked Birago.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacHer father had made the haughty burghers of Ghent bow before him, but as soon as he was dead they rose again.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) OmondCalvin, like all burghers raised to moral sovereignty, and all inventors of social systems, was eaten up with jealousy.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacThese were mercenaries and not to be depended on, and the burghers themselves were not so hardy as of old.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
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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