burger

¹

[ bur-ger ]

noun

1. a hamburger.
2. a food patty, or patty on a bun, containing ingredients other than beef:

   veggie or turkey burgers.

Burger

²

[ bur-ger ]

noun

1. Warren Earl, 1907–1995, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1969–86.

-burger

³

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.

Bürger

¹

/ ˈbyrɡər /

noun

1. BürgerGottfried August17471794MGermanWRITING: poet Gottfried August (ˈɡɔtfriːt ˈauɡʊst). 1747–94, German lyric poet, noted particularly for his ballad Lenore (1773)

burger

²

/ ˈbɜːɡə /

noun

1. informal.
   1. short for hamburger
   2. ( in combination )

      a cheeseburger

Word History and Origins

Origin of burger¹

1935–40, Americanism; extracted from hamburger by false analysis as ham ¹ + burger

Example Sentences

When in Tuolumne Meadows, stop at its seasonal summertime grill for a post-hike burger and fries, washed down with a fluffy swirl of soft serve.

From Outside Online

So I parked near the Washington Hilton and waited — and waited — for my classic Chicken Guy sandwich and a “real cheezy” burger.

From Washington Post

The venture fund’s $1 billion first round has had some early successes, like Impossible Foods, a maker of plant-based burgers.

From MIT Technology Review

Both Beyond and Impossible burgers contain 20 grams of protein per four ounces, while the same amount of 85 percent lean ground beef has 21 grams.

From Outside Online

His son Deuce attempts to establish a union at the burger joint where he works.

From Washington Post

Thankfully, the Coleman kids reached a Burger King, and Wahlberg and his amateur biker gang rode off.

From The Daily Beast

On Friday afternoon, I stood by the Burger King checking the bars on my phone like a kid with a curfew.

From The Daily Beast

He was hungry, so he brought along a fast food burger and soda to the studio.

From The Daily Beast

Big Kahuna Burger is a fictional chain of Hawaiian-themed fast food burger joints out in Los Angeles dreamed up by Tarantino.

From The Daily Beast

That Tarantino never opened a real-life Big Kahuna Burger out in L.A. seems like a huge missed opportunity.

From The Daily Beast

Agkistrodon bilineatus bilineatus, Burger and Robertson, Univ.

From Project Gutenberg

As in the wonderful old ballad of Burger, the Prussian horseman has taken the maiden “Germania” on his saddle.

From Project Gutenberg

You forget the ballad of Burger, my dear Alexanderthe dead travel fast!

From Project Gutenberg

The burger waited, my mask was thrown by, and my face appeared whitened with chalk, and made ghastly.

From Project Gutenberg

They both ran: and the silly burger, eased of his fifty dollars, scampered first.

From Project Gutenberg

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