What does burgher mean?

Definitions for burgher
ˈbɜr gərburgher

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. burgess, burghernoun

    a citizen of an English borough

  2. bourgeois, burghernoun

    a member of the middle class

Wiktionary

  1. burghernoun

    A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to middle class.

  2. burghernoun

    A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).

  3. Burghernoun

    A member of a mixed race ethnic group of Sri Lanka, consisting of descendants of European colonists and local people.

  4. Etymology: From burgher (Modern Dutch: burger); from burger; from burgari; derivative of burg, from burgz, from bʰərgʰ-. Compare also burgwaras. More at borough.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Burghernoun

    One who has a right to certain privileges in this or that place. John Locke

    Etymology: from burgh.

    It irks me, the poor dappled fools,
    Being native burghers of this desart city,
    Should in their own confines, with forked heads,
    Have their round haunches gor’d. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

    After the multitude of the common people was dismissed, and the chief of the burghers sent for, the imperious letter was read before the knights of the order, and the better sort of citizens. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

ChatGPT

  1. burgher

    A burgher is a citizen of a town or city, typically a member of the wealthy bourgeoisie. Historically, the term was frequently used in reference to the merchant class or middle class in many parts of Europe during the Middle Ages.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Burghernoun

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

  2. Burghernoun

    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

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BURGHER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Burgher is ranked #21495 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Burgher surname appeared 1,215 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Burgher.

    78.8% or 958 total occurrences were White.
    16% or 195 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 26 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 24 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of burgher in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of burgher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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