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burgher

noun
/ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English burger, burgher, burghere, equivalent to burgh + -er (“inhabitant of”). Likely merged with and reinforced by Middle Dutch burgher (Modern Dutch: burger); from Middle High German burger (Modern German: Bürger); from Old High German burgāri (“inhabitant of a fortress”); derivative of burg (“fortress, citadel”), from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”). Compare also Old English burgwaras (“inhabitants of a burg, burghers, citizens”) and Serbo-Croatian purger. More at borough.

  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

Definitions

  1. A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.

  2. A prosperous member of the community

    A prosperous member of the community; a middle-class citizen (may connote complacency).

  3. A member of a mixed-race ethnic group of Sri Lanka, consisting of descendants of European…

    A member of a mixed-race ethnic group of Sri Lanka, consisting of descendants of European colonists and local people.

The neighborhood

Derived

antiburgher, burgherdom, burgherhood, burgherly, burghermaster, burghership

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