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Burgher
see synonyms of burgherNoun
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Burgher
see synonyms of burghernoun
1.
a member of the trading or mercantile class of a medieval city
2.
a respectable citizen; bourgeois
3. archaic
a citizen or inhabitant of a corporate town, esp on the Continent
4. South Africa history
a.
a citizen of the Cape Colony or of one of the Transvaal and Free State republics
b.
(as modifier)
burgher troops
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Burgher
see synonyms of burgher noun
an inhabitant of a borough or town
now used chiefly to suggest a conservative middle-class citizenWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Burgher
see synonyms of burghern.
1. A citizen of a town or borough.
2. A comfortable or complacent member of the middle class.
3.
a. A member of the mercantile class of a medieval European city.
b. A citizen of a medieval European city.
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