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Burgher : (noun)
1: a citizen of an English borough [syn: burgess]
2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Burgher : \Burgh"er\, n. [Based on burgh; akin to D. burger, G.
b["u]rger, Dan. borger, Sw. borgare. See Burgh.]
1. A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the
privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of that party, among the Scotch
seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess
oath (in which burgesses profess ``the true religion
professed within the realm''), the opposite party being
called antiburghers.
Note: These parties arose among the Presbyterians of
Scotland, in 1747, and in 1820 reunited under the name
of the ``United Associate Synod of the Secession
Church.''
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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