Burgher

Burgher may refer to:

  • A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to middle class
  • A resident of a burgh
  • A Great or Grand Burgher (German Großbürger/Großbürgerin), historical German title acquired or inherited by persons and family descendants of the ruling class in autonomous German-speaking cities and towns of Central Europe, origin under the Holy Roman Empire, ceased after 1919 along with all titles of German nobility
  • In medieval Europen cities, a social class from which city officials could be drawn; see Medieval bourgeoisie
  • More loosely, a member of the urban middle class
  • Burgher people, an ethnic group that formed during the colonization of Sri Lanka
  • Michelle Burgher, Jamaican track and field athlete
  • An enfranchised citizen of the South African Republic
  • A member of the United Secession Church who subscribed to the Burgher Oath