different between burgher vs burghership

English

Alternative forms

• burger

Etymology

From Middle English burger, burgher, burghere, equivalent to burgh +? -er (“inhabitant of”). Likely merged with and reinforced by Middle Dutch burgher (Modern Dutch: burger); from Middle High German burger (Modern German: Bürger); from Old High German burg?ri (“inhabitant of a fortress”); derivative of burg (“fortress, citadel”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“fortified elevation”). Compare also Old English burgwaras (“inhabitants of a burg, burghers, citizens”) and Serbo-Croatian purger. More at borough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b???/
• Rhymes: -??(r)??(r)
• Homophone: burger

Noun

burgher (plural burghers)

1. A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
   1. A member of the medieval mercantile class.
   2. A citizen of a medieval city.
2. A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).

Derived terms

• burghermaster
• burghership

Related terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From burgher +? -ship.

Noun

burghership (uncountable)

1. The state of being a burgher; citizenship.
2. The rights and privileges of a burgher; burgess-ship.