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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

He was given lodging in the house of a burgess full discreet and courteous, who gave up to his guest his own fair tapestried chamber.

From Tales from the Old French by Various

In the same year one John Ford for his services as a witch-finder was admitted a burgess along with Lord Kinghorne.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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 Adams, H.C.




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