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burgher::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bourgeois |
| Type of | common man, common person, commoner |
| Has types | petit bourgeois |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | burgess |
| Type of | englishman |
Examples of burgher
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With Johnny Carson as emcee, the avatars of cool sing for typical burgher fans.
From the time.com
His son, ship's captain Peder Ibsen became a burgher of Bergen in Norway in 1726.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Burgher culture is a rich mixture of East and West, reflecting their ancestry.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Burgher barely winced as his wife, Amy, got the first whack at the overgrown hairs.
From the denverpost.com
Burgher said she seems to get another package or bag of gifts every day.
From the newsobserver.com
Burgher descendants are spread far and wide into many communities throughout the world.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Who wants to be embraced and embalmed by Bavarian burgher smugness?
From the time.com
As the main area for burgher activities, the area contains most points of interest in Sibiu.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Guardian recently described Ondaatje as a witty Dutch burgher in a 68-year old Tamil frame.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Burgess: a citizen of an English borough
- Bourgeois: a member of the middle class
- The Burghers are a Eurasian ethnic group, historically from Sri Lanka, consisting for the most part of male-line descendants of European colonists from the 16th to 20th centuries (mostly Portuguese, Dutch, German and British) and local women, with some minorities of Swedish, Norwegian, French ...
- A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to middle class
- (Burghers) They were the Dutch equivalent of the French bourgeoisie, the German Burgers and the English burgesses. in other words the "middle class". ...
- A man of one of the Boer Republics with full citizen rights
- A freeman or inhabitant who enjoys all the privileges of a citizen of a town or borough.
- A town resident with full rights and privileges of the town
- Administrative person living in a town.
