burgher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: burgher	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for burgher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burgher n a citizen of an English borough Synonym(s): burgess, burgher a member of the middle class Synonym(s): bourgeois, burgher
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burgher \Burgh"er\, n. [From burgh; akin to D. burger, G. b[81]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 [bd]the true religion professed within the realm[b8]), 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 [bd]United Associate Synod of the Secession Church.[b8]