| 单词 | burgess man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasburgess man C2. Appositive, as burgess man, burgess woman, etc. ΚΠ 1464 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) V. 515/2 Maire, Baillifs, Burgeismen and Communalte. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 216 A sely alde burges man of the age of ane hundreth ȝeris. 1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. sig. lxxvii Ane Clerk, and twa Burges men send ouer sey to the king of Romanis. 1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 13 Into the hal amang the Burges men; With him ane Clark with ink paper and pen. 1736 J. M'Ure View City of Glasgow Pref. A Burgess Gentleman, as above described, will be in the Eye of a Thinking Man as great a Character, as [etc.]. 1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. III. iii. 273 The burgess yeoman of inferior rank, possessing property to the extent of twenty pounds. 1886 Daily News 6 Feb. 5/2 A French version of Juliet's nurse..with all the absurdities of the decent burgess woman for complement of her character. 1906 Expositor July 37 The Jews..did not possess any rights as burgess-citizens. 1968 G. Mathew Court Richard II 189 The classic examples of a strong-minded burgess woman are the Wife of Bath in fiction and Margerie Kempe in fact. 2009 N. McIlvenna Very Mutinous People ii. v. 107 Quakers comprised at least four of the five burgessmen from Perquimans precinct. < as lemmas |
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