An inhabitant of a burgh or borough, who enjoys the privileges of the borough of which he is a free man. In America, it is applied to any native citizen, especially in the state of New York.
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The state or privilege of a burgher.
See Burgomaster.
The state or privileges of a burgher.
Inhabitant Roget’s Thesaurus §188
N. inhabitant, resident, residentiary, dweller, indweller, addressee, occupier, occupant, householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant, settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist, islander, denizen, citizen, burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess, villager, cottager, cottier, cotter, compatriot, backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper, innkeeper, habitant, paying guest, planter, native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones, englishman, john bull, newcomer, aboriginal, american, caledonian, cambrian, canadian, canuck*, downeaster, scot, scotchman, hibernian, irishman, welshman, uncle sam, yankee, brother jonathan, garrison, crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household, mir
V. inhabit, endenizen
Adj. indigenous, native, natal, autochthonal, autochthonous, british, english, american, canadian, irish, scotch, scottish, welsh, domestic, domiciliated, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by
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