Basler

A surname from German of German origin.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from German of German origin.

Noun

  1. Someone from Basel, Switzerland.
    • For the Baslers no town exists but their own: only Basel is "civilized," and north of the river Birs the land of the barbarians begins. - 1989, C. G. Jung, translated by Richard and Clara Winston, Memories, Dreams,...
    • Central to this is the understanding that Burckhardt was first and foremost a Basler. - 2000, John R. Hinde, Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of Modernity, →ISBN, page 6:
    • Although the bishop was nonresident, his officials and administrators still lived in Basel and staffed the episcopal courts. Their presence, in turn, provided employment for many Baslers and made the area around the...

Forms

Baslers