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Definition of Burghers
1. burgher [n] - See also: burgher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burghers
Literary usage of Burghers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1895)
"Michael burghers, frequently called Burgess, was at this time in constant employment
in the University, and now succeeded Loggan as ' the University ..."
2. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1841)
"Thus, in Canterbury, Edward had fifty-one burghers paying him ... At Dover, when
the king's messenger arrived, the burghers had to pay three-pence for ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"In evacuating the country Lord Kitchener established central refuge camps along
the railroad lines where surrendered burghers could live under effective ..."
4. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen (1820)
"Again, natives are either burghers born in a city, or freemen, that is, persons
born out of a ... Those are not only considered as burghers by birth, who, ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1788)
"Injudicious яка/иге of placing arms in the bands of the burghers, ... the armed
burghers and volunteers. ..."
6. A History of England Under the Anglo-Saxon Kings by Johann Martin Lappenberg (1845)
"The burghers of Dover, for their sac and soc, supplied the king yearly with
twenty-ships, each having twenty-one men, during fifteen days. ..."
7. The Jews of Russia and Poland: A Bird's-eye View of Their History and Culture by Israel Friedlaender (1915)
"Rivalry of the burghers In the pursuit of these their economic endeavours, the
Jews were bound to clash with the two Polish Estates, ..."
8. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"in the male line, were enrolled as great burghers •, and other ... The class of
small burghers comprised all other persons born in the city, ..."
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