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bur·gher
/ˈbɝgɚ/
公民,市民
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Burgh·er
n.
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.”
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
burgher
n
1:
a
citizen
of
an
English
borough
[
syn
:
burgess
]
2:
a
member
of
the
middle
class
[
syn
:
bourgeois
]
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