Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "burgher" (wanda kuma aka rubuta "burger") ɗan gari ne na gari ko birni, musamman wanda ke cikin matsakaicin aji. A tarihance, a wasu kasashen turai, dan burger dan bore ne wanda ke da wasu hakki da gata a cikin birni ko garin da suke zaune. A Afirka ta Kudu, an yi amfani da kalmar "burgher" wajen yin nuni ga wani farar fata dan asalin Holland, Jamus, ko Huguenot, musamman a zamanin mulkin mallaka da wariyar launin fata.