1
: an inhabitant of a borough or a town
2
: a member of the middle class : a prosperous solid citizen
Examples of burgher in a Sentence
many of the college students are regarded by the local burghers as obnoxious louts
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As of 2024, Dick's has been serving burgers to the burghers of Seattle for 70 years.
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Neil Davey, theweek, 16 Sep. 2024
By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches.
—Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Conversion of old office buildings into apartments, lofts and condos was underway, but local burghers saw the Super Bowl as a catalyst that could create a boom in downtown living.
—M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024
The ensemble performs at Mass for the pleasure of the local burghers and townsfolk, whose contributions to Sant’Ignazio are obviously vital to its existence.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
One question implicit in the new novel is how many people will get to lead this burgher’s life before it’s taken away.
—Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
No one paints so confidently and so freely, at least among the famous Old Masters, and no one can make a fat Dutch burgher look like a movie star.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Feb. 2022
But El Paso’s burghers had visions for a different Duranguito.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2020
There are photos of the president grinning out from the middle of some ruddy array of wheezing burghers or gouty lawmen, always shot from far enough away that everyone’s shoes are visible.
—David Roth, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2019
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Neil Davey, theweek, 16 Sep. 2024
By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches.
—Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Conversion of old office buildings into apartments, lofts and condos was underway, but local burghers saw the Super Bowl as a catalyst that could create a boom in downtown living.
—M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024
The ensemble performs at Mass for the pleasure of the local burghers and townsfolk, whose contributions to Sant’Ignazio are obviously vital to its existence.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
One question implicit in the new novel is how many people will get to lead this burgher’s life before it’s taken away.
—Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
No one paints so confidently and so freely, at least among the famous Old Masters, and no one can make a fat Dutch burgher look like a movie star.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Feb. 2022
But El Paso’s burghers had visions for a different Duranguito.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2020
There are photos of the president grinning out from the middle of some ruddy array of wheezing burghers or gouty lawmen, always shot from far enough away that everyone’s shoes are visible.
—David Roth, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2019
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“Burgher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burgher. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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burgher
noun
bur·gher
ˈbər-gər 
: a person who lives in a borough or a town
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