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burgher (bʉr′gər)

noun

an inhabitant of a borough or town: now used chiefly to suggest a conservative middle-class citizen

Etymology: ME < burgh, borough; in ModE assimilated < Ger bürger or Du burger

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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