Burgher

See also: burgher

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

Burgher (plural Burghers)

  1. A member of a mixed-race ethnic group of Sri Lanka, consisting of descendants of European colonists and local people.

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