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burger.

A hamburger.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɜːɡə/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈbəːɡə/British, Southern, Standard/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/US/ˈbøːɡə/New-Zealand, Wales

  1. A hamburger.

    informal

  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).

    Australia · India · Ireland · New-Zealand · South-Africa · UK

  4. A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.

    Pakistan · derogatory · slang · usually

  5. An American.

    Internet · derogatory
Where this word comes from

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 *bʰérǵʰs? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérgʰs? 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/ˈbɜːɡə/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈbəːɡə/British, Southern, Standard/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/US/ˈbøːɡə/New-Zealand, Wales

  1. Alternative form of burgher.

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

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

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