burgher

Noun

Meaning

A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.

A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite party being called antiburghers.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

burgess bourgeois citizen townsman townsfolk urbanite national freeman alderman cockney habitant local public householder pedant
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Antonyms

aristocrat alien immigrant outsider settler combatant
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Hypernyms

englishman commoner common man common person

Hyponyms

petit bourgeois

Related terms

burgess bourgeois burgomaster

Examples

The Protestant theologian replaced the church's feudal cosmology with a worldview centered on the personal relationship of each believer with Christ. The democratization of worship fit well with the new communication/energy matrix that was empowering the new burgher class. Jeremy Rifkin

By 1650 the burgher families which had grown wealthy through commerce and become influential in government controlled the province of Holland, and to a large extent shaped national policies. Source: Internet

Burgher was inspired to start the Facebook page, "Adopt a Senior" for all of the seniors in school district 228, which covers four high schools. Source: Internet

Burgher was also a winner at the Digicel Grand Prix Final with a jump of 1.78m. Source: Internet

Hill et al (1963), p. 8 Francesca was the young widow of the burgher Giacomo Capra, with whom she had two children. Source: Internet

The brothels in the city "shall stand for seed: they had gone down too, but that a wise burgher put in for them." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

burghbrech Burghclere Burghead burgherdom burgherhood burgherly