antiburgher

noun

Etymology

From anti- + burgher.

  1. derived from *bʰerǵʰ- — “fortified elevation
  2. derived from *burgz
  3. derived from *burg
  4. derived from burgāri — “inhabitant of a fortress
  5. derived from burger
  6. derived from burgher
  7. inherited from burger
  8. prefixed as antiburgher — “anti + burgher

Definitions

  1. A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the…

    A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA