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burgess

[bur-jis] / ˈbɜr dʒɪs /


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

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

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The burgess with whom Graelent lodged had risen early in the morning, and with his wife had gone to eat with neighbours in the town.

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

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

Gladstone, was a burgess of Biggar, and lies in the churchyard.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various


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