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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cittadina"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "meštanin",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мештанин"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "meštanka",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мештанка"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mieszczanin"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mieszczanka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gorožánin",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "горожа́нин"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gorožánka",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "горожа́нка"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mešťan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mešťanka"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "citizen of a borough or town",
"word": "şehirli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "prosperous member of the community",
"word": "porvari"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "prosperous member of the community",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bourgeois"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "prosperous member of the community",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "borghese"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "prosperous member of the community",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"masculine"
],
"word": "burżuj"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "prosperous member of the community",
"word": "burjuva"
}
],
"word": "burgher"
}
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