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Meanings of burghers in English

Russian
мещанин

Group in a society, a class.

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One of the estates in Riksdag of the Estates.

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Examples for "burgess"
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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...
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My wife's late father, Mr. Henry March, was a burgess of Kingswell.
John Halifax, Gentleman
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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
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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...
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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...
Usage of burghers in English
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The heads of the burghers almost touched the feet of these martyrs.
El Verdugo
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The Secret Service of the Boers was not confined to the burghers.
The Petticoat Commando: Boer Women in Secret Service
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Then Chandos went to Sarlat and received the submission of the burghers.
Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
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Beyond the citizens were the burghers, who did not enjoy the franchise.
Lectures on Modern history
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All the fashionable sons of the burghers complain of your repellent coldness.
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 03
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Sometimes wonders were done at the initiative of some of the burghers.
On Commando
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The burghers on the shore turn and look up at their town.
Invisible Links
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The burghers tried desperately to drive off the stubborn fringe of riflemen.
The Great Boer War
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Once more he sent greetings to the preachers and burghers of Wittenberg.
Life of Luther
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Such artificial adornments are little befitting to the wives of honest burghers.
First Love, and Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life
11
Princes, burghers, artisans, and peasants joined hands in espousing the new cause.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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The Greek people-thepeasants and burghers-werestill patriots, though ill-trained and misdirected.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol....
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With a shout the burghers swore to fight to the last man.
Hero Tales of the Far North
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But here, Jacob Aboaf and I are merely tolerated by the burghers.
The New Land / Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of O...
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So, when we arrive, the burghers have bought all but the refuse.
The Cloister and the Hearth
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Her burghers felt great inconvenience from the breach with their sovereign duke.
Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
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