burger

noun
/ˈbɜː.ɡə(ɹ)/UK/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/US

Etymology

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. First use appears c. 1937. Sense 5 is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

Definitions

  1. A hamburger.

  2. A similar sandwich or patty.

    • She was planning to have a burger for dinner.
  3. Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a…

    Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).

  4. + 6 more definitions
    1. A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.

    2. An American.

    3. Alternative form of burgher.

    4. Alternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”).

    5. A white wine grape of French origin.

    6. A surname.

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