English: status name, from Middle English burghman,
borughman (Old English burhmann) ‘inhabitant of a
(fortified) town’ (see Burke), especially one holding land or
buildings by burgage (see Burgess).
Americanized
spelling of German Buhrmann (see Buhrman).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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