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

"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

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

It has variously been supposed to have been the house of a rich burgess, of the Tom Fiddlers' Brotherhood, and the Mint of the Archbishops of Rheims.

From Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) by Various