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Definition: Burgher |
BurgherNoun1. A citizen of an English borough. 2. A member of the middle class. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "burgher" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: BurgherSynonyms: bourgeois (n), burgess (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inhabitant | Noun: inhabitant; resident, residentiary; dweller, indweller; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier, cotter; compatriot; backsettler, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Burgher |
| English words defined with "burgher": Burgess oath, Burghership. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Burgher" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Burgher" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "burgher" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Burgher | Last name | 1,000 | 13,097 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
burgher calais | 13 |
burgher | 7 |
burgher calais rodin | 3 |
burgher dutch | 2 |
burgher iowa | 2 |
burgher missouri | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "burgher"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | مواطن متمتع بالحكم الذاتي. (various references) | |
Czech | obyvatel mìstského okresu. (various references) | |
French | citoyen. (various references) | |
German | bürger (bourgeois, burgess, burgesses, citizen, citizens, commoner, Freeman, middleclass citizen, townsman, townsmen). (various references) | |
Greek | δημότησ (registered). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felszabadított rabszolga (freedman, freedmen). (various references) | |
Italian | cittadino (Burgess, citizen, city-, national, subject, urban). (various references) | |
Manx | seyraanagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urgherbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | burguês (bourgeois, burgess, citizen, middleclass, middleclass citizen, philistine), cidadão (acolyte, burgess, citizen, commoner, denizen, liege, member, mister, patron, supporter, townee). (various references) | |
Romanian | burghez (bourgeois-landlord, citizen, petit bourgeois), orãşean (bourgeois, citizen, oppidan, townsman, townspeople), cetãţeancã (Burgess), cetãţean (bird, Burgess, citizen, cove, denizen, dog, duck, fellow, Freeman, Jack, Johnny, joker, national, native, party). (various references) | |
Russian | горожанин (citizen, cockney, oppidan, townee, townsman, townsmen, townspeople). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | građanin (citizen, townsman). (various references) | |
Spanish | ciudadano (citizen, civic, town). (various references) | |
Swedish | stadsbo (citizen, townie, town-resident). (various references) | |
Thai | ชาวเมือง. (various references) | |
Turkish | boer cumhuriyetlerinden birinin yurttaşı, kasabalı (Burgess), kasaba sakini (Burgess). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | бюргер. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người dân thị trấn, người dân ở tỉnh. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old High German | 500-1100 | burgari. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "burgher": burghers. (additional references) | |
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"Burgher" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Borghi, brughe, Bryher, bugher, burcher, Burghal, burghul, Burgler, buryher, Nuraghe, turger, Zurcher. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "burgher" (pronounced ber"ger) |
| 4 | b er" g er | burger. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-g-h-r-r-u" | |
-1 letter: burger. | |
-2 letters: brugh, burgh, huger, urger. | |
-3 letters: berg, buhr, burg, burr, grub, grue, herb, huge, rube, ruer, urge. | |
-4 letters: beg, brr, bug, bur, erg, err, her, hub, hue, hug, reb, reg, rub, rue, rug, ugh, urb. | |
-5 letters: be, eh, er, he, re, uh. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-g-h-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: burghers. | |
+2 letters: hamburger. | |
+3 letters: bushranger, hamburgers. | |
+4 letters: bushrangers, superbright. | |
+5 letters: breakthrough, cheeseburger, heartburning, interborough, refurbishing, thoroughbred, turbocharged, turbocharger. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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