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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
burglar
 
SYLLABICATION:bur·glar
PRONUNCIATION:  bûrglr
NOUN: One who commits burglary.
ETYMOLOGY:Anglo-Norman burgler (alteration of burgesur, probably from Old French burg, borough)Medieval Latin burgultor (alteration of burgtor, from burgre, to commit burglary in, from Late Latin burgus, fortified town), both of Germanic origin. See bhergh-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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