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burgess

[bur-jis] / ˈbɜr dʒɪs /


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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

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

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There he sought a shop and dwelling, and paying his service, made himself vassal and burgess of the King.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason

In 1551 he was admitted burgess of Geneva, and in 1553 made pastor of a country church in the neighbourhood.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

Some seven years ago it befell that a rich burgess of Abbeville departed from the town, together with his wife, his only son, and all his wealth, his goods and plenishing.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason




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