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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

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 Mason, Eugene

It is too much that, in 1884, a duly-elected and properly-qualified burgess of Parliament should be shut outside by such votes.

From The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle by Bradlaugh, Charles

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)




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