burgheressn.
/bəːɡəˈrɛs/, /ˈbəːɡərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈbərɡərəs/ A female burgher.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun]
borough-manc1000
city mana1400
townsman1433
town manc1475
town dweller1484
oppidan?1548
burgher?1555
townsfolk1562
townsfolk1592
townswoman1612
town liver1620
town folk1679
citess1685
citizeness1754
citizette1798
townie1825
urban1835
townskip1837
townsperson1840
urbanite1892
burgheress1901
1901 Westm. Gaz. 7 May 2/2 Stout German burgheresses patrolling the streets in whaleboned uniforms.
1912 R. Broughton Between Two Stools ix A tender-hearted burgher-ess of Catterwell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1901- to give a person hot beef
- to give a person hot stingo
- to give a person houseroom
- to give a person ideas
- to give a person in charge
- to give a person jesse
- to give a person jotters
- to give a person kind regards
- to give a person love
- to give a person meeting
- to give a person mischance
- to give a person no road
- to give a person noogies
- to give a person one's hat
- to give a person one's mother for a maid
- to give a person one's word
- to give a person out
- to give a person pelters
- to give a person picong
- to give a person plenty of rope to hang himself
- to give a person rats
- to give a person road
- to give a person roast meat and beat etc with the spit
- to give a person roast meat and beat her with the spit
- to give a person roast meat and beat him with the spit