burgess

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Bagpipes welcomed the Eisenhowers to Maybole, where the General was made a freeman and burgess.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since the conquerors felt they must stick together, it was possible for an ambitious young Norman lad, though only the son of a Cheapside burgess, to get a helping hand from Norman nobles.

From Time Magazine Archive

He must become in fact a full burgess.

From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Hibbert, Francis Aiden

"A most respectable lineage," said tho burgess, quite awe-struck at so glorious a descent.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

Why weep ye so, ye burgess wives,65 Why look ye so on me?

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various