Burgher may refer to:
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Burgher (social class), a medieval, early modern European title of a citizen of a town, and a social class from which city officials could be drawn
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Burgess (title)
Burgess was a British title used in the medieval and early modern period to designate someone of the Burgher class. It originally meant a freeman of a borough or burgh but later coming to mean an official of a municipality or a representative in t ...
, a resident of a burgh in northern Britain
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Grand Burgher, a specific conferred or inherited title of medieval German origin
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Burgher (Boer republics), an enfranchised citizen of the South African Republic or the Orange Free State
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Burgher (Church history), a member of the First Secession Church who subscribed to the Burgher Oath
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Burgher people
Burgher people, also known simply as Burghers, are a small Eurasian ethnic group in Sri Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British and other European men who settled in Ceylon and developed relationships with native Sri Lankan women. The Po ...
, an ethnic group that formed during the colonization of Sri Lanka
People with the surname
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Michelle Burgher (born 1977), Jamaican track and field athlete
See also
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Anti-Burgher, a splinter faction in the history First Secession of the Presbyterian church of Scotland
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Bourgeoisie
The bourgeoisie ( , ) is a social class, equivalent to the middle or upper middle class. They are distinguished from, and traditionally contrasted with, the proletariat by their affluence, and their great cultural and financial capital. They ...
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Burger (disambiguation)
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