• Burgher

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈbɝɡɚ/
    • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)É¡É™(r)
    • Homophones: burger

    Origin

    From Middle Dutch burgher (Modern Dutch: burger); from Middle High German burger (Modern German: Bürger); from Old High German burgari ("inhabitant of a fortress"); derivative of burg ("fortress, citadel"), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰərgʰ- ("fortified elevation"). Compare also Old English burgwaras ("inhabitants of a burg, burghers, citizens"). More at borough.

    Full definition of burgher

    Noun

    burgher

    (plural burghers)
    1. A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
    1. A member of the medieval mercantile class.
    2. A citizen of a medieval city.
    1. A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).
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