Meanings of dutch burgher in English

The good Dutch burghers who founded New Amsterdam placed the little settlement under his care.

He smiled a lot, Margaret realized, a great big Dutch burgher smile with lots of teeth.

So much, then, for following along dim paths once trod by a Dutch burgher's tramp of empire.

On the Belgian plains the Dutch burghers and the Spanish armies, led by Bloody Alva, fought out their battle.

The town was garlanded, and there was not an English merchant or a Dutch burgher but wore his holiday dress.

Now Ned was again to see what the slow and somewhat apathetic Dutch burghers could do when fairly roused to action.

Her camera slung over her shoulder, Margaret skirted the pool, not wanting to confront the Dutch burgher in his bathing suit.

Time was the ally not of the Spanish invaders, who came from afar, but of the Dutch burghers, who remained at home.

"How are the good Dutch burghers at Albany?"

An old Dutch burgher laughed into his hand, and His Majesty's officers cocked their ears, for the whisper was more arresting than any loud talk.