单词 | borough-man |
释义 | † borough-mann. Obsolete. a. A townsman, citizen, burgess. ΘΚΠ 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 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 140 Urbanus, burhsita, uel burhman. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 259 Pilgrimes..ne bicumeð..burchmen iþe worldes burch. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6208 Moni riche burh-mon [c1300 Otho borh-man] þer wende beon bliðe anan. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxi. 8570 Þai bere the burgh-men abacke to the bare walles. b. In some Yorkshire boroughs: a burgage tenant, borough-holder n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by burgage borough-man1708 borough-holder1712 burgage-holder1748 burgage-tenant1819 1708 London Gaz. No. 4424/10 The Burgesses, Borough-men, Gentlemen and other substantial Inhabitants within the Borough of Thirsk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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