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bur⋅glar

  [bur-gler]
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–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 -er 2 ; see -ar 2
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bur·glar   (bûr'glər)   
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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Word Origin & History

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.
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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.
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