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Burger

//ˈbɝɡɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hamburger. informal
  2. 2
    Alternative form of burgher. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”). alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients wordnet
  5. 5
    A similar sandwich or patty.

    "She was planning to have a burger for dinner."

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  1. 6
    A white wine grape of French origin.
  2. 7
    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
  3. 8
    A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle. Pakistan, derogatory, slang, usually
  4. 9
    An American. Internet, derogatory

Etymology

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939. The "American" sense is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

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