Synonyms of the word burgher


BURGHERBOURGEOIS - BURGESS - COMMONER

burgher

  • n. A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
  • n. A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).

bourgeois

  • adj. Of or relating to the middle class, (especially pejorative) their presumed overly conventional, conservative,…
  • adj. (historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
  • adj. (Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of…
  • n. (politics, collectively, usually in the plural) The middle class.
  • n. (rare) An individual member of the middle class.
  • n. (usually pejorative) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic)…
  • n. (historical) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
  • n. (Marxism) A capitalist, (usually pejorative) an exploiter of the proletariat.
  • v. (transitive) To make bourgeois.
  • n. (printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.

burgess

  • n. An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
  • n. (historical) A town magistrate.
  • n. (historical, Britain) A representative of a borough in the Parliament.
  • n. (historical, US) A member of the House of Burgesses, a legislative body in colonial America, established…

commoner

  • adj. comparative form of common: more common.
  • n. A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
  • n. (Britain) Someone who is not of noble rank.
  • n. (Britain, Oxbridge slang) An undergraduate who does not hold either a scholarship or an exhibition.
  • n. (obsolete, Britain, Oxford University slang) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support,…
  • n. Someone holding common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially…
  • n. (obsolete) One sharing with another in anything.
  • n. (obsolete) A prostitute.

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