From the serfs of the Middle Ages sprang the chartered Burghers of the earliest towns. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Dutch, being the product of intermarriage with the Portuguese and the natives, constitute the "Burgher" community of Ceylon. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
"Most certainly, worthy lady," replied Burgher Jans. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
'Burgher night schools,' and 'Higher Burgher schools.'. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Life in Town and Country] Reference
Judge Morice is a Burgher and a prominent Judge of the. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Part in a Revolution] Reference
Burgher Jans to have my handsome young mutterchen, that's poz!. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
Burgher (as the white settlers were called) worshipped together. From Wordnik.com. [Contents] Reference
"No, I like not the ugly word," suavely expostulated the Burgher. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
"Why, you are speaking in as grand periods as little Burgher Jans!". From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
"Oh, Meinherr Burgher Jans," said Madame Dort, rising up from the sofa. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
The Burgher: While the poor suffered, fat cats took the money for themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Putting Things in (Painterly) Perspective] Reference
Burgher Jans looked startled at this announcement, losing a trifle of his beaming smile. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
"Good heavens, Burgher Jans, you alarm me!" said Madame Dort, rising from her chair in excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
Burgher Jans came in as the old nurse went out, brushing by him with ill-concealed contempt and aversion. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
Commandant Cronje's Burgher force paraded the street this morning -- they are the men who captured Jameson. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Part in a Revolution] Reference
"I always said it would turn out so, in spite of all our old nurse's cruel treatment of the little Burgher.". From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
Among the early Renaissance artists in Nüremberg, was Hans Decker, who was named in the Burgher Lists of 1449. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
The 'Burgher night schools,' like the technical schools, are supported by the communes in which they are situated. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Life in Town and Country] Reference
I hear that a Burgher, who saw some of the great iron pipes of the Waterworks Company being put in the ground, reached. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Part in a Revolution] Reference
"Any news?" asked Burgher Jans of Lorischen soon afterwards, when he came to the house to make his stereotyped inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
This, however, is not an official proceeding, but a custom among the schoolboys of the Gymnasium and Higher Burgher Schools. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Life in Town and Country] Reference
It was a young Burgher whose name was Hendrik Van der. From Wordnik.com. [Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories] Reference
Name partner Burgher went to NYU law school with Bryant. From Wordnik.com. [Law.com - Newswire] Reference
Commandant of Rebel or Burgher Forces, they should be tried for High. From Wordnik.com. [The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902] Reference
Citizen or Registered Burgher (as I was), he is not subject to have his. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...] Reference
Bryant Burgher offers flat fees, volume discounts and monthly retainers. From Wordnik.com. [Law.com - Newswire] Reference
It must actively seek to encompass the democratic Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. From Wordnik.com. [Countercurrents.org] Reference
Committee, 427; desires the Afrikander leaders to associate themselves with the Burgher. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902] Reference
Burgher Camps was exceptionally high as compared with that of any ordinary European community. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902] Reference
And when they came to the kloof they saw that all the Burgher had said was even less than true. From Wordnik.com. [Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories] Reference
Burgher Camps, deportation of Boer non-combatants to, 459; high rate of mortality in, 460 to 463. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902] Reference
According to Burgher, this was the Eagles 'first state final appearance in any sport in school history. From Wordnik.com. [poststar.com RSS] Reference
A Happy New Year to everyone regardless of whether they are Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim, Burgher or whatever else!. From Wordnik.com. [Kottu] Reference
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