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Noun
/ˈbərgər/,
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burghers, plural;
  1. A citizen of a town or city, typically a member of the wealthy bourgeoisie

  1. burgess: a citizen of an English borough
  2. bourgeois: a member of the middle class
  3. 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 ...
  4. A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to middle class
  5. (Burghers) They were the Dutch equivalent of the French bourgeoisie, the German Burgers and the English burgesses. in other words the "middle class". ...
  6. (Burghers) Full citizens of medieval and early modern towns, usually merchants or independent craftsmen. Sometimes called ‘burgesses’ in England. Origin of French word ‘bourgeois’.
  7. A man of one of the Boer Republics with full citizen rights
  8. A freeman or inhabitant who enjoys all the privileges of a citizen of a town or borough.
  9. a town resident with full rights and privileges of the town
  10. Administrative person living in a town.