burgher
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It’s not exactly Wall Street functionary — the dark shirts and abstract print ties speak to a different cinematographic stereotype — but it’s pretty close to prosperous burgher.
From New York Times • May 19, 2022
He recruited the famous woodcut artist Lucas Cranach, a friend and wealthy Wittenberg burgher, to improve the appearance of his works.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2017
To friends and business associates, including struggling writers, he was frequently generous, more generous than unalloyed prudence or the burgher work ethic that he embodied might lead us to expect.
From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016
But the rich burgher who commissioned the work suddenly decides to combine it with a farcical musical comedy.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2012
I am from the city of Vlad�mir, a burgher of that place.
From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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