burgher

Example Sentences

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Corsi is a long-married suburban burgher who lives in a McMansion in New Jersey.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 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

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

When we reflect, then, on the large numbers who went to the universities, it adds to our surprise to realize that they were drawn from the burgher class.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)