a citizen of an English borough
burgher
How to use burgher in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for burgher.
Editorial note
The good burghers of Lubbock didn't build themselves a sports arena.
Quick take
a citizen of an English borough
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of burgher gathered in one view.
a member of the middle class
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for burgher.
noun
a citizen of an English borough
See also: burgess
noun
a member of the middle class
See also: bourgeois
Example sentences
The good burghers of Lubbock didn't build themselves a sports arena.
Ahh and this from the good burghers that want you to sign an NDA if they kill your dog[1]I think their business model is wrong in more than one respect.
The opportunities this creates will be in how to satiate the need for validation for this new class of burghers.
He loves his happy little common people so long as they are the right type, little red-nosed burghers who live on their green farms and enjoy good pipeweed.
For all the rhetoric around race, this is mostly a Girardian schism between white city "burghers" and their country "redneck" complement.
The population was still divided into three distinct castes, nobles, burghers, and peasants, who could not acquire one another's land.
While the aristocracy and the peasantry were about 2/3 Polish, the same proportions did not hold among the burghers where Jews were overrepresented.
It seems disingenuous to ignore Germany's role in overall European stability and suggest that the good German burghers hoard money in order to rape the rest of the continent with cheap Volkswagens.
I’m not familiar with other European legal systems but I know that Eastern European economic development is basically the story of German settlement and the good burghers were not serfs.
I cannot abide this constant seeking of devilry amongst the burghers; for though thy use the Devil chained and cowed, if the Devil escapeth thine chains placyd upon hym, might he wreck also thine own soul's of pleasant Albion forevermore?
On the internet however, much like in lawless towns past, the good burghers are forming posses of their own to protect the use of their little patch of the internet, via mechanisms such as moderating, rating, voting and karma based systems.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use burgher in a sentence?
The good burghers of Lubbock didn't build themselves a sports arena.
What does burgher mean?
a citizen of an English borough
What part of speech is burgher?
burgher is commonly used as noun.