单词 | in-burgess |
释义 | > as lemmasin-burgess in-burgess n. Brit. , U.S. now historical a burgess resident in the burgh or borough.ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > esp. as having civic rights burgess?c1225 citizena1325 commoner1384 citinerc1450 in-burgess1479 burgher?1555 bourgeoisie1593 bourgeois1604 burgessdom1661 1479 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 37 Of al vtheris, outeburges, and inburgessis, and indwellaris, havand chavmer or house, a penny. 1694 Case of Honourable Fytton Gerard (single sheet) The Burgesses are such as have free Burgages within the Borough, and they are of two sorts, viz. Out-Burgesses, and In-Burgesses. 1741 in C. Gross Gild Merchant (1890) II. 200 The Foreign Burgesses and the Inn-Burgesses..Those admitted by the Council or by the Mayor are called Inn-Burgesses by Copy of Court Roll. 1877 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 6 190 The guild roll contains the names of 537 in-burgesses, and 561 foreign or out burgesses. 1905 Eng. Hist. Rev. 20 150 A large flourishing borough may choose to admit no foreign burgesses, to keep the monopoly of trade to the in-burgesses. 1982 S. T. Bindoff House Commons 1509–1558 (Hist. Parl. Trust) II. 324/1 Haydock appears as an inburgess and alderman in 1542, when his sons Evan and Thomas were also inburgesses. < as lemmas |
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