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Burgher \Burgh"er\, n. [From burgh; akin to D. burger, G.
b["u]rger, Dan. borger, Sw. borgare. See {Burgh}.]
1. A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the
privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of that party, among the Scotch
seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess
oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion
professed within the realm"), the opposite party being
called antiburghers.
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Note: These parties arose among the Presbyterians of
Scotland, in 1747, and in 1820 reunited under the name
of the "United Associate Synod of the Secession
Church."
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