as in citizen
a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis
many of the college students are regarded by the local burghers as obnoxious louts
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Recent Examples of burgher
Women glide past, a mix of 19th-century bordello madams, shopkeepers and wives of wealthy burghers.
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Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
The dire warnings that there would be blackouts, power shortages, and prostrated Germany industries unable to compete on the world market rattled many politicos and burghers, even though the blackouts never transpired and Germany exported at record levels last year.
—Paul Hockenos, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2013
Image The burghers who proffered sacrifice were spared at the last minute, French legend has it, making Rodin’s retrieval of life from death a symbolic one.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Seattle's best burgers (Image credit: Getty / Kevin Schafer)
As of 2024, Dick's has been serving burgers to the burghers of Seattle for 70 years.
—Neil Davey, theweek, 16 Sep. 2024
By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches.
—Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Conversion of old office buildings into apartments, lofts and condos was underway, but local burghers saw the Super Bowl as a catalyst that could create a boom in downtown living.
—M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024
The ensemble performs at Mass for the pleasure of the local burghers and townsfolk, whose contributions to Sant’Ignazio are obviously vital to its existence.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
One question implicit in the new novel is how many people will get to lead this burgher’s life before it’s taken away.
—Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
The dire warnings that there would be blackouts, power shortages, and prostrated Germany industries unable to compete on the world market rattled many politicos and burghers, even though the blackouts never transpired and Germany exported at record levels last year.
—Paul Hockenos, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2013
Image The burghers who proffered sacrifice were spared at the last minute, French legend has it, making Rodin’s retrieval of life from death a symbolic one.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Seattle's best burgers (Image credit: Getty / Kevin Schafer)
As of 2024, Dick's has been serving burgers to the burghers of Seattle for 70 years.
—Neil Davey, theweek, 16 Sep. 2024
By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches.
—Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Conversion of old office buildings into apartments, lofts and condos was underway, but local burghers saw the Super Bowl as a catalyst that could create a boom in downtown living.
—M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024
The ensemble performs at Mass for the pleasure of the local burghers and townsfolk, whose contributions to Sant’Ignazio are obviously vital to its existence.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
One question implicit in the new novel is how many people will get to lead this burgher’s life before it’s taken away.
—Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgher
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Attempts to unify the government came to a head in 2016 when the Cameroonian government sent French-speaking citizens to the Anglophone-majority regions.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Opposition parties, civil-society groups, ex-generals, and other citizens filed suit, asking the supreme court to block Bar’s dismissal.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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To do so, the villagers must give up part of their avocado orchards.—
Gwendolina Duval,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2025
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In order to get more expert treatment villagers had to travel to the city.—
Maureen Murphy,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Burgher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgher. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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