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

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Examples

  • Dutch, being the product of intermarriage with the Portuguese and the natives, constitute the "Burgher" community of Ceylon.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • Or dine like a member of Sri Lanka's Dutch Burgher community and opt for the lamprais pronounced "lumprise".

    A Sri Lankan Outpost Robin Kawakami 2011

  • Shortly after noon, the fire engine crashed into the driver's side of the van, which was headed west on Burgher Avenue. and carrying two workers and seven developmentally disabled men from a Staten Island group home called Lifestyles for the Disabled, officials said.

    Fire Engine Hits Van, Killing One Sean Gardiner 2011

  • Two days after her meeting with Sykes and now deceased former Justice Department employee Donald Burgher, Ms. Mobley perished from a sudden heart attack.

    Brian Levin, J.D.: For Unsolved Civil Rights Era Killers Time Is Formidable Accomplice J.D. Brian Levin 2011

  • The Burgher: While the poor suffered, fat cats took the money for themselves.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Linda 2009

  • A preliminary investigation by the New York Police Department's Highway Unit indicates that Ladder Engine 81, which had its flashing lights and sirens on, did not stop at the intersection of Richmond Road at Burgher Avenue, law-enforcement officials with knowledge of the incident said.

    Fire Engine Hits Van, Killing One Sean Gardiner 2011

  • The Burgher: While the poor suffered, fat cats took the money for themselves.

    Putting Things in (Painterly) Perspective Linda 2009

  • Burgher of Soleure, seemed to hold the consequences of war more lightly than they were viewed by the cautious Landam. man of Unterwalden, and his venerable companion, Nicholas Bonstetten, who subscribed to all his opinions.

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

  • Donors are often met with in Flemish religious Pictures of this Age; commonly they are a Potato-faced Burgher and his long-suff'ring Wife, looking for all the World like a Mædeval Mr.

    "A 'Virtuous vanilla' lip balm and a 'Get Tight with Christ' hand and body cream, featuring a picture of Christ flanked by two adoring women." Ann Althouse 2008

  • Burgher, that a document - outlining a new "presidential amnesty" to accommodate those whose applications were denied by the TRC - is being discussed behind closed doors at the ANC's 51st conference currently underway in Stellenbosch.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

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