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
Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.
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Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
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.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
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.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burghers
Noun
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The electoral body has declared Monday a national holiday, with government offices closed to encourage citizens to vote.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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The four victims of that attack, three of them US citizens, had been working for Brothers to the Rescue, an NGO dedicated to helping Cuban refugees and dropping anti-communist leaflets over the island.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
31 May 2026
Noun
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The villagers who were rescued last week were immediately treated at the entrance of the cave.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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Isaji also mentioned the possibility that the two missing villagers are not in the cave at all, since they were said to have moved separately from the five others.—
Jintamas Saksornchai,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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“Burghers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burghers. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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