burghers
Medieval urban residents
Burghers are citizens of a town, especially a prosperous middle-class one.
The word is historical or literary, evoking medieval European commerce and civic life: the wealthy burghers of Amsterdam.
In South African English, Burgher (often capitalized) refers specifically to Afrikaner settlers or their descendants.
People living somewhere
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- populaceInhabitants of a place
- townspeopleMunicipal area inhabitants
villagers · community · neighbors · settlers · parishioners · citizens · denizens · natives
Local governing district
- charterFounding organizational document
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- aldermanElected municipal legislator
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
mayor · townhall · assembly · governance · bylaws · administration · councillor · magistrate
Exchange of commodities
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- mercantileRelating to trade
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
shopkeeper · trader · businessman · retailer · wholesaler · craftsmen · artisans · tradesmen
Skilled, paid practitioners
- respectableWorthy of regard
- propertiedOwning substantial assets
- comfortablePhysically at ease
- establishedFormally set up
prosperous · genteel · solid · upstanding · conventional · proper · domestic · household
residents
People living somewhere
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- populaceInhabitants of a place
townspeople · villagers · community · neighbors · settlers · parishioners · citizens · denizens · natives · householders
municipality
Local governing district
- charterFounding organizational document
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- aldermanElected municipal legislator
ordinance · mayor · townhall · assembly · governance · bylaws · administration · councillor · magistrate · burgess
trade
Exchange of commodities
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- mercantileRelating to trade
guild · shopkeeper · trader · businessman · retailer · wholesaler · craftsmen · artisans · tradesmen · guildsmen
professionals
Skilled, paid practitioners
- respectableWorthy of regard
- propertiedOwning substantial assets
- comfortablePhysically at ease
established · prosperous · genteel · solid · upstanding · conventional · proper · domestic · household · family
- medieval societyserfs, noble lineage, peasants, serf, heir
- social classesupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, nobles
- Late Medievalfeudal lords, Black Death, knighthood, medieval knights, bubonic plague
- massmass, masses, bulk, body mass, atomic mass
- Medieval Groupsknights, crusaders, Templars, Teutonic Knights, Normans
- medieval trademerchant, merchant guilds, trader, craft guilds, guild