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burgher

[bur-ger] / ˈbɜr gər /


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Anthony would marry again, this time to a woman who was a Dutch burgher of impeccable standing.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Banská Bystrica is a tranquil kind of place, with a genteel Mitteleuropa charm: the centre has pavement cafes, neat rows of burgher houses and a number of handsome baroque churches.

From The Guardian Feb. 14, 2019

He recruited the famous woodcut artist Lucas Cranach, a friend and wealthy Wittenberg burgher, to improve the appearance of his works.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2017

“The nobleman tells us everything through the person he presents, but the burgher does not, and should not,” Goethe writes.

From The New Yorker Feb. 1, 2016

They were further complicated by the intrigues of the "black" magnates with Pope Boniface VIII., who apparently hoped by their means to repress the burgher government and unite the city in obedience to himself.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.




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