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
“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
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
"So now to show bishop and burgher and priest How the Altenahr hawk can die, If they smoke the old falcon out of his nest, He must take to his wings and fly."
From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various
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