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

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

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

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