burgher

burgher

noun

Definition of BURGHER

a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis <many of the college students are regarded by the local burghers as obnoxious louts>

Synonyms citizen, townie (or towny), townsman, villager

Related Words townswoman; cliff dweller, denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, national, native, occupant, resident, resider, subject; town, townsfolk, townspeople; suburbanite, urbanite

Near Antonyms alien, foreigner, guest, nonnative, tourist, transient, visitor; gownsman

Antonyms noncitizen