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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
burgher
 
SYLLABICATION:burgh·er
PRONUNCIATION:  bûrgr
NOUN:1. A citizen of a town or borough. 2. A comfortable or complacent member of the middle class. 3a. A member of the mercantile class of a medieval European city. b. A citizen of a medieval European city.
ETYMOLOGY:German Bürgeror Dutch burger, both from Middle High German burgaere, from Old High German burgr, from burg, city. See bhergh-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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