burgess
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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
Now this unhappy burgess knew not what to do, for some of his acquaintance gazed the other way, whilst men, to whom he had done naught but good, jested upon him openly in the street.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
Presently he drew up at Mynheer Groetweld’s door, when the worthy burgess greeted him with ceremonious politeness and requested him to enter.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
His lordship hath himself spoken it," said the burgess, "we take our leave.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
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