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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was probably exhaustive, and may therefore be taken as indicating with tolerable precision the standard of household comfort of a London burgess at that time.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various

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 Mason, Eugene

As a burgess under Henry the Seventh, he effectually opposed a royal demand for money.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac




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