burgher

n.

1. A citizen of a town or borough.
2. A comfortable or complacent member of the middle class.
3. 1. A member of the mercantile class of a medieval European city.
   2. A citizen of a medieval European city.

[German Bürger or Dutch burger, both from Middle High German burgaere, from Old High German burgārī, from burg, city.]

IN BRIEF: n. - A member of the middle class; A citizen of an English borough.

Tutor's tip: A "burger" is a meat patty, while a "burgher" is a solid citizen (middle-class inhabitant of a town).

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a citizen of an English borough
  Synonym: burgess

Meaning #2: a member of the middle class
  Synonym: bourgeois

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - borger, indbygger i boerrepublik

Nederlands (Dutch)
burger, nazaat van Nederlanders/ Portugezen (Sri Lanka)

Français (French)
n. - bourgeois, citoyen (arch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bürger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δημότης, αστός, πολίτης

Italiano (Italian)
cittadino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cidadão (m)

Русский (Russian)
горожанин

Español (Spanish)
n. - ciudadano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - borgare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
公民, 市民

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 公民, 市民

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주민

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 市民, 中産階級の市民

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مواطن مدينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אזרח עיר‬

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