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
But, not being the son of a burgess, and not having served his apprenticeship in the town, he was forbidden by the guilds, or trades-unions, to open a shop in Glasgow.
From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.
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
There he lived peacefully, and did homage to the king and became his liegeman and burgess.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
Vocabulary lists containing burgess
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