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burghers

burghers is the plural of burgher.

Meaning of burgher

Noun

burgher (plural burghers)

  1. A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
    • When General Grant started on his tour around the world, the City of Brotherly Love was selected as the point of departure, and thence he set sail for Europe with the benisons of the sturdy burghers of the Quaker City.1879 December 21, “[Ulysses S.] Grant in Philadelphia”, in Norfolk Virginian, volume XXIX, number 24, Norfolk, Va., →OCLC, page 2, column 1
    1. A member of the medieval mercantile class.
    2. A citizen of a medieval city.
  2. A prosperous member of the community; a middle-class citizen (may connote complacency).

See all 5 meanings of burgher

Noun capitalized: Burghers

Burghers

  1. (plural) plural of Burgher

Questions about burghers

What is burghers the plural of?
Burghers is the plural of burgher.
What part of speech is burghers?
Burghers is a noun.

Words near burghers in the dictionary

  1. burgheresses
  2. burgherhood
  3. burgherly
  4. burghermaster
  5. burghermasters
  6. burghers
  7. burghership
  8. Burghill
  9. burghmaster
  10. burghmasters
  11. burghmote

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