burghers

noun

plural of burgher
as in citizens
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 burghers 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
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  1. citizens
  2. villagers
Noun
  • Turns out, the government appears to be targeting immigrants who are now citizens with these voter fraud accusations.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The percentage of voting-age citizens who live in states that offer at least one option for voting before Election Day has increased from 40% to 97% since 2000, according to the nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of citizens
Noun
  • Fischer and Wilson’s bawdy fable is predominately about how this flammable hunk makes the rest of the villagers burn up with jealousy.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • That’s what the Prophet Muhammad was doing in exhibiting restraint with the angry villagers.
    — Casper ter Kuile, Vox, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of villagers

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