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Burgher vs Townpeople - What's the difference?

burgher | townpeople |

As nouns the difference between burgher and townpeople

is that burgher is a member of a mixed race ethnic group of sri lanka, consisting of descendants of european colonists and local people while townpeople is the inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people.

burgher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
    • :
  • A member of the medieval mercantile class.
    • :
  • A citizen of a medieval city.
  • A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).

    • Derived terms

    * *

    townpeople

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people.

    • Synonyms

    * townfolk, townsfolk (Webster 1913)