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Meanings of burgher in English

Portuguese
burguesa
Catalan
burgès

A member of the middle class.

burguesa

A citizen of an English borough.

Synonyms
Examples for "burgess"
Examples for "burgess"
1
He knew how to salute by name every burgess of the capital.
The History of Rome, Book V / The Establishment of the Military ...
2
Lanuvium, Aricia, Momentum, Pedum became Roman burgess-communities after the model of Tusculum.
The History of Rome, Book II / From the Abolition of the Monarch...
3
My wife's late father, Mr. Henry March, was a burgess of Kingswell.
John Halifax, Gentleman
4
The vexatious relation of dependence on particular burgess-households became gradually relaxed.
The History of Rome, Book I / The Period Anterior to the Aboliti...
5
The FDA's Burgess said the agency would consider any new industry data.
Reuters
Usage of burgher in English
1
The most sympathetic figure in the whole novel is the honest burgher.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
2
He left Florence a simple burgher; he entered Venice a powerful prince.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
3
If the wife of a burgher brewed his ale, he paid tenpence.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 / (From Charlem...
4
The surprise was not confined, however, to the observant and frugal burgher.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
5
Prince vied with prince, and eminent burgher with burgher, in buying books.
The History of Education / Educational Practice and Progress Con...
6
A portly burgher was he, friendly of tongue and free of purse.
The Armourer's Prentices
7
But every burgher, wherever he might be, fought with the greatest courage.
Three Years' War
8
Feeling himself secure, that very foolish burgher ventured to be mildly insolent.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
9
At Basel he was sitting with a burgher and a burgher's frau.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
10
She is not for me; she is a burgher maiden-outof my reach.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
11
He was ever the burgher, like the child I bore him.
The Path of the King
12
She knows but one burgher girl in Peronne, I am told.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
13
The burgher turned toward us, and as we approached I heard him say:-
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
14
Even the friendship of a helpless burgher girl is not to be despised.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
15
Yolanda was a happy burgher girl; Mary was a wretched princess.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
16
Will you be making a fine burgher's wife of me then?
The fifth servant
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Catalan
burgès
Burgher through the time
Burgher across language varieties
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