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Definitions for Burgher

[1] an inhabitant of a town, especially a member of the middle class; citizen.
[2] a member of the trading or mercantile class of a medieval city
[3] a respectable citizen; bourgeois
[4] archaic a citizen or inhabitant of a corporate town, esp on the Continent
[5] Southern African history a citizen of the Cape Colony or of one of the Transvaal and Free State republics (as modifier ) burgher troops

Words related to Burgher

voter, civilian, resident, national, settler, inhabitant, taxpayer, villager, dweller, commoner, aborigine, denizen, subject, householder, occupant, native, cosmopolite, burgess, townsperson, urbanite

Words nearby Burgher

burgeon, burger, burgess, burgess shale, burgh, burgher, burghley, burghley house, burghul, burglar, burglar alarm

Origin of Burgher

1560–70; < Middle Dutch < Middle High German burger, equivalent to burg borough + -er -er1

Words that may be confused with Burgher

burger, burgher

Other words from Burgher

burgh·er·ship , noun

Word origin for Burgher

C16: from German Bürger , or Dutch burger freeman of a borough

Synonyms for Burgher

civilian, inhabitant, national, resident, settler, taxpayer, villager, voter, aborigine, burgess, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, householder, native, occupant, subject, John/Jane Q. Public, freeman/woman, member of body politic, member of community, naturalized person, townsperson, urbanite