Definition of Burger

1. Noun. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995).


2. Noun. A sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients.
Exact synonyms: Beefburger, Hamburger
Terms within: Ground Beef, Hamburger
Generic synonyms: Sandwich
Specialized synonyms: Cheeseburger

Definition of Burger

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of Burgher) ¹

2. Noun. (informal) A hamburger. ¹

3. Noun. (chiefly as a combining form) A similar sandwich or patty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Burger

1. a hamburger [n -S] - See also: hamburger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burger

burgall
burgalls
burgamot
burgamots
burganet
burganets
burgee
burgees
burgeois
burgeon
burgeon forth
burgeoned
burgeoning
burgeonings
burgeons
burger (current term)
burgeries
burgerless
burgernomics
burgers
burgery
burgess
burgess-ship
burgesses
burgessy
burggrave
burggraves
burghal
burghbote

Literary usage of Burger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"burger never learned it. GOTTFRIED A. burger burger was wholly a child of his time. At the age of twenty-six he wrote 'Lenore,' and his genius never again ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"697) burger et al. v. McCARTHY et al. (Supreme Court of Appeals of West ... Suit for Injunction by WP burger and others against TJ McCarthy and others. ..."

3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"By no means his worst judgment, but a most characteristic one, is that on burger, which I may partly translate, partly summarise, from the original:l— ..."

4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1848)
"Publication of Ballads after burger—Scott Quarter - Master of the Edinburgh Light - horse — Excursion to Cumberland — Gilsland Wells — Miss Carpenter ..."

5. The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism by Julian Hawthorne, John Russell Young, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, John Porter Lamberton (1902)
"burger possessed a magnificent talent, as full of tenderness as of savage weirdness; but he ruined his life and genius in emotional excesses and sensual ..."

6. History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of by Archibald Alison (1856)
"1 Compounded as man is of base and selfish, as well as burger is a poet of a different class, but also of very burger. high merit. ..."

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