n. 1. A citizen of a town or borough. 2. A comfortable or complacent member of the middle class. 3. a. A member of the mercantile class of a medieval European city. b. A citizen of a medieval European city. [German Bürger or Dutch burger, both from Middle High German burgaere, from Old High German burgārī, from burg, city; see bhergh-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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