Respected citizen (7)

I believe the answer is:

burgher

(Other definitions for burgher that I've seen before include "Bourgeois" , "Man about town" , "Medieval city trader" , "Citizen of a town or city" , "Mediaeval freeman, townsman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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