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