Sentence examples for burgher from inspiring English sources

So are his voters: the Dutch white middle class is gaining most from the upturn and it remains nostalgic for the old-style burgher values that this awkward political leader oozes.Yet the Christian Democrats' victory was less than convincing.

And he avoided paying taxes like a good Zurich burgher by moving to nearby Wilen in the next canton, where taxes are lower.Yet even his detractors admit that he shook up corporate Switzerland.

On the banks of the Weser River are many ruined castles, old churches, and palaces, and there are also interesting half-timbered buildings, burgher houses, and town halls throughout the state.

He probably was a wandering minstrel of burgher origin, born perhaps in Swabia.

Late in the 13th century the burgher class in Germany began imitating the aristocratic minnesingers.

In the Netherlands there are three classes noble, patrician (the older and very senior families of the cities), and the patriciate burgher (the newer and richer families of the cities).

Although the burgher population became largely German or German-speaking, the extent of settlement by Germans was restricted except in Silesia and Pomerania.

Free burghers were invited to join the court when matters concerning burghers were at issue, and burgher-councillors eventually took responsibility for services such as fire protection, road maintenance, and the preservation of order.

The colony began to spread beyond the Cape Peninsula, and the council of policy came to rely increasingly on the burgher-councillors for fact-finding and for advice on town affairs.

In 1828 the burgher-senate was abolished, and two residents were appointed to the governor's council of advisers.

By the time a British force occupied the Cape in 1795, the committee, known as the burgher-senate, had assumed responsibility for the town, which then had 1,000 houses and a population of some 14,000.