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Webster 1913 Edition

Burglar

Bur′glar

,
Noun.
[OE.
burg
town, F.
bourg
, fr. LL.
burgus
(of German origin) + OF.
lere
thief, fr. L.
latro
. See
Borough
, and
Larceny
.]
(Law)
One guilty of the crime of burglary.
Burglar alarm
,
a device for giving alarm if a door or window is opened from without.

Webster 1828 Edition

Burglar

BURG'LAR

,
Noun.
[burgh or burg, a house] One guilty of nocturnal house breaking; one who breaks and enters a mansion house, with intent to commit a felony.

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