burgher
/ˈbɜrɡər/
noun
- A citizen of a town or city, especially a member of the middle class in a medieval European town.
- In the 14th century, burghers gained more political power in many European towns.
- The wealthy burghers of the city funded the construction of the cathedral.
- The museum displayed artifacts from the daily life of medieval burghers.
- A comfortable, conventional, and often somewhat conservative member of the middle class.
- The novel satirizes the narrow-mindedness of the local burghers.
- He lived a quiet burgher's life, focused on his business and family.
- The burghers of the small town were suspicious of any new ideas.
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