Usually means: Fortified settlement in Anglo-Saxon England.
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  5. Burh: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. burh: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Burh: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. burh: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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▸ noun:  A fortified dwelling place belonging to a king or noble; a prehistoric fort.

Similar:
bold, burgwall, place, bastillion, stronghold, fortress, redoubt, castle, bastion, citadel, more...

Opposite:
unfortified, unguarded, vulnerable, exposed

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Similar:
bold, burgwall, place, bastillion, stronghold, fortress, redoubt, castle, bastion, citadel, more...

Opposite:
unfortified, unguarded, vulnerable, exposed



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