burger
nounnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈbəːɡə//
- United States//ˈbɝ.ɡɚ//
- Australia//ˈbɜːɡə//
- New Zealand//ˈbøːɡə//
- Scotland//ˈbʌɾɡəɾ//
A hamburger.
noun
- 1
informalA hamburger.
- 2
A similar sandwich or patty.
She was planning to have a burger for dinner.
- 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
slangA stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
- 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
Variant of burgherAlternative form of burgher.
Etymology
See burgher. By surface analysis, burg + -er (“inhabitant of”).
Forms
- plural
- burgers