"burgerrups" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

Forms: burgerrupsen [plural], burgerrupsje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From burger (“middle-class person”) + rups (“caterpillar”). Etymology templates: {{compound|nl|burger|rups|t1=middle-class person|t2=caterpillar}} burger (“middle-class person”) + rups (“caterpillar”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} burgerrups f (plural burgerrupsen, diminutive burgerrupsje n)
  1. (Netherlands, university slang, humorous, somewhat derogatory) synonym of trein (“train”) Tags: Netherlands, derogatory, feminine, humorous Synonyms: trein [synonym, synonym-of]
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