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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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Main Entry: bur·glar
Pronunciation: 'b&r-gl&r
Function: noun
: a person who commits a burglary

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