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burger
/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/
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What does burger mean?
noun
- (informal) A hamburger.
- A similar sandwich or patty.
- Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).
More meanings (6)
noun
- Alternative form of burgher.
- Alternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”).
- A white wine grape of French origin.
- (derogatory, slang) A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
- (derogatory) An American.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/
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Said the Burger, "Somewhat more than a thousand."
In the voorhuis of Boschendaal lay nineteen fine leopard skins, and Mr. Louw, the courtly mannered old farmer, who would be described by his countrymen as an "oprechter Burger," explained to me in slow and laborious English that he had killed every one of these leopards with his own hand within one mile of his own house.