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
There he lived peacefully, and did homage to the king and became his liegeman and burgess.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
Amongst other notices of the Town Cross at Linlithgow is a record of punishment inflicted upon an unfortunate burgess, for “in his great raschness and suddantie destroying the head of the Toun’s drum.”
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
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
Vocabulary lists containing burgess
Chapter 3: Colonial America
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