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bur ger

  • n  a citizen of an English borough
  • n  a member of the middle class

  • Close by are antique shops that look as though someone has taken the contents of a Dutch burgher's attic, circa 1910, and emptied them right there on the shop floor.
  • The paterfamilias, far from being majestic, is a fat burgher observed candidly but with indulgent affection.
  • It once made a burgher feel big to buy operas and plays and for a particular evening he commissioned one of each.
News & Articles

  • Ronald Alexander Burgher
    Died: June 5, 2013 var objLink = new myC_Remote.BuyLink(); objLink.LinkContent = " "; objLink.IsAboveImage = false; objLink.LinkClass = "field-items"; objLink.PricingSheetID = "2041"; objLink.Render(); Ronald Alexander Burgher, 93, of Duluth, Ga., passed away June 5, 2013. Mr. Burgher is survived by his wife, Fay Burgher; daughter, Ann Brown; grandchildren, Velika Brown and Lovetta Brown. He is ...
    June 7, 2013 - The Sierra Vista Herald
Quotes

  • Antonin Scalia in Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck
    Therefore, at a time when everyone is thinking as being in one country, one should not hurt the feelings of anyone. If when you raise the national flag to celebrate this victory, a single Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim, Burgher, Malay or any other person... Mahinda Rajapakse http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGCxFY-mJhkbwSunXkKs-N_swqlyA Hindu http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/23/stories/2009052356421300.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFC0ONC9-vu-_pvt9KQH0ZzHcPqWw May 22, 2009 13692 18462 burglar Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia noted a handgun can be pointed at a burglar with one hand while the other hand dials the police."

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