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Burgher



 
  Burgher may refer to:

  • A formally defined class in medieval German cities, usually the only group from which city officials could be drawn. The equivalent in German of burgess
    Burgess

    Burgess is a word in English language that originally meant a Freedom of the City of a borough or burgh . It later came to mean an elected or un-elected official of a municipality, or the representative of a borough in the English House of Commons....
     or bourgeoisie
    Bourgeoisie

    Bourgeoisie is a classification used in analyzing human societies to describe a social class of people. Historically, the bourgeoisie comes from the middle or merchant classes of the Middle Ages, whose status or power came from employment, education, and wealth, as distinguished from those whose power came from being born into an aristocrati...
    .
  • More loosely, a member of the urban middle class
    Middle class

    Middle class is the group of people in contemporary society who are between the working class and nobility. This socioeconomic class includes professionals, highly skilled workers, and lower and middle management....
    , or
  • A resident of a burgh
    Burgh

    A Burgh is an Wiktionary:Autonomy corporate entity in Scotland, usually a town. This type of administrative division has existed since the 12th century, when David I of Scotland created the first Royal burghs....
  • Burgher people
    Burgher people

    The Burghers are an Eurasian ethnic group, historically from Sri Lanka, consisting for the most part of patrilineality of European colonists from the 16th to 20th centuries and local women with some minorities of French people and Irish people....
    , an ethnic group that formed during the colonization of Sri Lanka
  • Michelle Burgher
    Michelle Burgher

    Michelle Burgher is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She was a bronze medalist in the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....
    , Jamaican track and field athlete
  • An enfranchised citizen of the South African Republic
    South African Republic

    The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century....


See also

  • Anti-Burgher
    Anti-Burgher

    The Anti-Burghers were opponents of the Burgher Oath on theological grounds.In 1733 the first secession from the Church of Scotland resulted in the creation of the "Associate Presbytery"....
  • Burger
    Burger

    Burger may refer to:* Hamburger, a hot sandwich* Ground beef* Patty, especially in the United States* Veggie burger* Burger diagram* Die Burger, a South African newspaper...