burgher
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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
To friends and business associates, including struggling writers, he was frequently generous, more generous than unalloyed prudence or the burgher work ethic that he embodied might lead us to expect.
From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016
But the rich burgher who commissioned the work suddenly decides to combine it with a farcical musical comedy.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2012
In Season 2 of the Swedish series, by comparison, Mr. Henriksson’s Wallander is a crotchety but not entirely unhappy burgher, newly ensconced in a tidy house with a view of the sea.
From New York Times • May 27, 2012
"Do you speak German?" the eldest burgher said, addressing me gravely.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John
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