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

Why weep ye so, ye burgess wives,65 Why look ye so on me?

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

September 5, made burgess and guild-brother of Edinburgh.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

Constancy was a burgess virtue, fit for a tradesman.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)