as in citizens
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
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Recent Examples of burghers
These works, painted by artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Ferdinand Bol, and Bartholomeus van der Helst, depict the powerful merchant-burghers who shaped the political and social fabric of Golden Age Amsterdam.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burghers
Noun
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Regional countries have begun to act against the crime flourishing inside Cambodia’s borders that has ensnared their citizens.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the Isan region of Thailand, an ancestral spirit named Ba Yan has been worshiped by villagers for generations.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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The film, which Jacir has spent eight years developing, centers on a group of Palestinian villagers whose lives are upended by British occupation, tracing the birth of a national movement that reverberates through generations.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Burghers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burghers. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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