BURGHER Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

burgher

noun

ˈbər-gər

Definition of burgher

as in citizen

a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis many of the college students are regarded by the local burghers as obnoxious louts

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Recent Examples of burgher Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers. — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025 These works, painted by artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Ferdinand Bol, and Bartholomeus van der Helst, depict the powerful merchant-burghers who shaped the political and social fabric of Golden Age Amsterdam. — Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 As the film starts, Maria is first met supervising a class trip to the local cider factory owned by local burgher Frank (Sean Gilder), whose daughter Pauline (Nia Brown) is in Maria’s class. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 But American offers a distinct mouth feel in a burgher that seemingly highbrow fromages simply can’t provide. — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 18 July 2025 Gerhard Siegel earns the audience’s gratitude by singing Herod not as a weak-willed despot but as a comically lascivious burgher out of Rosenkavalier. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025 Women glide past, a mix of 19th-century bordello madams, shopkeepers and wives of wealthy burghers. — Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025 Image The burghers who proffered sacrifice were spared at the last minute, French legend has it, making Rodin’s retrieval of life from death a symbolic one. — Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025

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Every summer, the state plays host to the largest, longest-running citizen bike tour in the world.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026
Those convicted of lying on applications to become American citizens face up to a decade.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of citizen

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Last week, dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers who were trying to pick olives.

— Liam Scott, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
The latter is elevated in a later scene where the villager crowd parts, in shock and awe, to watch the Fisherwoman and Wicker Husband’s sensual dancing.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2026

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