Bürger

UK: /ˈbyrɡər/

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Bürger / ˈbyrɡər/ noun

1. Gottfried August ( ˈɡɔtfriːt ˈauɡʊst ). 1747–94, German lyric poet, noted particularly for his ballad Lenore (1773)

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burg•er /ˈbɜrgɚ/   n. [countable]

1. Food a hamburger:
   two burgers, one with catsup and pickles.

-burger, suffix. 

1. -burger (originally taken from the word hamburger) is attached to roots and some words to form nouns that mean "the food added to, or substituted for, a basic hamburger'': cheese + -burger → cheeseburger (= a hamburger with cheese added on top);
   fish + -burger → fishburger (= fish substituted for the meat of a hamburger).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

burg•er  (bûr′gər), n. 

1. Food a hamburger.

• extracted from hamburger by false analysis as ham¹ + burger 1935–40, American.

Bur•ger  (bûr′gər), n. 

1. Biographical Warren Earl, born 1907, U.S. jurist: Chief Justice of the U.S. 1969–86.

-burger, 

1. a combining form extracted from hamburger, occurring in compounds the initial element of which denotes a special garnish for a hamburger or a substitute ingredient for the meat patty:
   baconburger;
   cheeseburger;
   fishburger.

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burger / ˈbɜːɡə/ noun

1. 
   short for hamburger
2. (in combination): a cheeseburger