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Noun: burgher  bur-gu(r)
  1. A member of the middle class
    "The burghers of the town met to discuss local affairs";
    - bourgeois
     
  2. A citizen of an English borough
    "As a burgher, he had the right to vote in local elections";
    - burgess [archaic]

Sounds like: burger

Derived forms: burghers

Type of: common person, commoner, English person

Part of: bourgeoisie, middle class

Encyclopedia: Burgher, Michelle