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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.
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
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. ..."