burgher

See also Burgher

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch burgher (Modern Dutch: burger); from Middle High German burger; from Old High German burgari (“inhabitant of a fortress”); derivative of burg (“fortress, citadel”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰərgʰ- (“fortified elevation”). Compare also Old English burgwaras (“inhabitants of a burg, burghers, citizens”). More at borough.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɝɡɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ɡə(r)
• Homophone: burger

Noun

burgher (plural burghers)

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

1. A member of the medieval mercantile class.
2. A citizen of a medieval city.

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

Derived terms

• burghermaster
• burghership

Translations

citizen of a borough or town

• Finnish: kaupunkilainen (fi)

• Italian: cittadino (it)

prosperous member of the community

• Finnish: porvari (fi)
• French: bourgeois (fr) m

• Italian: borghese (it) m