Entry Word: burgher

Function: noun

Meaning: 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, villager

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

Near Antonyms foreigner, guest, tourist, transient, visitor