Burgess

/ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/

Synonyms for "burgess" (18 found)

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city dwellercity slicker
Noun(3 words)
council memberfamily namefreeman

Related words (9)

Noun(4 words)
last namemunicipal officialtown councillortownsman

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English personinhabitantnameofficialpolitical figureresident

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Collocations

6 entries
burgess councilburgess electionburgess memberburgess privilegesburgess rightsburgess surname

Inflections

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Sample sentences

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In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings.

Source: wiktionary

If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to defend by battle, in no case ought a burgess to fight against a villein if he have challenged him unless before the dispute he shall have quitted the burgage.

Source: wiktionary

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