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burgher

noun

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noun

Etymology: From burgher (“middle-class person”) and the synonymous Dutch burger. The European colonists who mixed with natives were of that social stratum.

  1. A member of a mixed-race ethnic group of Sri Lanka, consisting of descendants of European colonists and local people.
burgher — meaning, definition (noun) · Vinony