burgher
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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
It’s not exactly Wall Street functionary — the dark shirts and abstract print ties speak to a different cinematographic stereotype — but it’s pretty close to prosperous burgher.
From New York Times • May 19, 2022
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
The influence of the towns was steadily on the increase, and their government began to fall into the hands of the burgher patrician class, who formed the Cod party.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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