Definitions for: Burgher

[n] a member of the middle class
[n] a citizen of an English borough

Webster (1913) Definition: Burgh"er, n. [From 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.''

Synonyms: bourgeois, burgess

See Also: bourgeoisie, common man, common person, commoner, Englishman, middle class, petit bourgeois

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