Thesaurus: burgher

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1. n. A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.
2. n. A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite party being called antiburghers.
3. n. a citizen of an English borough
4. n. a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/member">member of the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/middle">middle class
5. 1. A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite party being called antiburghers. Note: These parties arose among the Presbyterians of Scotland, in 1747, and in 1820 reunited under the name of the "United Associate Synod of the Secession Church."
6. A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, whichasserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgessesprofess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the oppositeparty being called antiburghers.
7. n:100 n a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/citizen">citizen of an class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/english">English borough n a member of the middle class