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Meanings of
burgher
in inglés
portugués
burguesa
catalán
burgès
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A member of the middle class.
bourgeois
portugués
burguesa
A citizen of an English borough.
burgess
Usage of
burgher
in inglés
1
The most sympathetic figure in the whole novel is the honest
burgher
.
2
He left Florence a simple
burgher
;
he entered Venice a powerful prince.
3
If the wife of a
burgher
brewed his ale, he paid tenpence.
4
The surprise was not confined, however, to the observant and frugal
burgher
.
5
Prince vied with prince, and eminent
burgher
with
burgher
,
in buying books.
6
A portly
burgher
was he, friendly of tongue and free of purse.
7
But every
burgher
,
wherever he might be, fought with the greatest courage.
8
Feeling himself secure, that very foolish
burgher
ventured to be mildly insolent.
9
At Basel he was sitting with a
burgher
and a
burgher
's
frau.
10
She is not for me; she is a
burgher
maiden-outof my reach.
11
He was ever the
burgher
,
like the child I bore him.
12
She knows but one
burgher
girl in Peronne, I am told.
13
The
burgher
turned toward us, and as we approached I heard him say:-
14
Even the friendship of a helpless
burgher
girl is not to be despised.
15
Yolanda was a happy
burgher
girl; Mary was a wretched princess.
16
Will you be making a fine
burgher
's
wife of me then?
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burgher
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
honest burgher
good burgher
say the burgher
rich burgher
dutch burgher
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Translations for
burgher
portugués
burguesa
burguês
catalán
burgès
Burgher
through the time
Burgher
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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