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burger

nounnouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈbəːɡə//
  • United States//ˈbɝ.ɡɚ//
  • Australia//ˈbɜːɡə//
  • New Zealand//ˈbøːɡə//
  • Scotland//ˈbʌɾɡəɾ//

A hamburger.

noun

  1. 1

    informalA hamburger.

  2. 2

    A similar sandwich or patty.

    She was planning to have a burger for dinner.

  3. 3

    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).

  4. 4

    slangA stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.

  5. 5

    An American.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburg Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Germanic *warjaną Proto-Germanic *warjaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *-ārijazinflu. Old High German -āri Middle High German -ære German -er German Hamburgerder. English hamburgerclip. English burger Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. First use appears c. 1937. Sense 5 is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of burgherAlternative form of burgher.

Etymology

See burgher. By surface analysis, burg + -er (“inhabitant of”).

Forms

plural
burgers
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