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Burgher or
burgher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Burgher may
refer to:
Burgher (social class), a medieval,
early modern European title of...
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Burgher people, also
known simply as
Burghers, are a
small Eurasian ethnic group in Sri
Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch,
British and
other Europeans...
- The
Burghers of
Calais (French: Les
Bourgeois de Calais) is a
sculpture by
Auguste Rodin in 12
original castings and
numerous copies. It
commemorates an...
- The
burgher class was a
social class consisting of muni****l
residents (Latin: cives), that is, free
persons subject to muni****l law,
formed in the Middle...
- Free
Burghers (Dutch: Vrijburger, Afrikaans: Vryburger) were
early primarily Dutch colonists in the 18th
century who had been
released of
their service...
- The
Dutch Burghers are an
ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of
mixed Dutch,
Portuguese Burgher and Sri
Lankan descent. However, they are a
different community...
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ancient city-states,
giving rise to a
civitas and the
social class of the
burgher or bourgeoisie.
Since then
states have
expanded the
status of citizenship...
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Grand Burgher [male] or
Grand Burgheress [female] (from German: Großbürger [male], Großbürgerin [female]) is a
specific conferred or
inherited title of...
- Africa, a
burgher was a
fully enfranchised citizen.
Burgher rights were
restricted to
white men, in
particular Boers.
Historically Burgher refers to a...
- The
Portuguese Burghers are an
ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of
mixed Portuguese and Sri
Lankan descent. They are
largely Catholic and some
still speak the...
