Associations to the word «Burgher»

Wiktionary

BURGHER, noun. A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
BURGHER, noun. A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).
BURGHER, noun. A member of a mixed race ethnic group of Sri Lanka, consisting of descendants of European colonists and local people.

Dictionary definition

BURGHER, noun. A citizen of an English borough.
BURGHER, noun. A member of the middle class.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats