| 单词 | burgess roll |
| 释义 | > as lemmasburgess roll burgess roll n. now chiefly historical the register or official list of burgesses in a borough or other corporation. ΚΠ 1433Burgeis rolles [see Compounds 1]. a1450 in F. W. Willmore Hist. Walsall (1887) 166 (MED) The same Burgesses to be regestred and set in the newe Burgess Rolle for evr. 1638 Minute Bk. Corporation Clonmel 22 Oct. (2006) 242 He is..admitted and sworne to be enrolled and called in the burgesse Roll of this Corporacon as a ffree burgess. 1773 Petition of John Sutherland of Wester 10 They required Harpsdale instantly to produce the said leet, court-books, and burgess-roll. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 208/1 To cause the burgess-roll to be made out in alphabetical lists of the burgesses. 1937 W. R. Scott Adam Smith as Student & Professor i. i. 10 Simson was admitted the same day [in 1716], his name preceding that of the Duke of Argyle on the burgess roll. 1946 R. L. Green Andrew Lang xv. 202 His name was entered on the burgess roll where Sir Walter Scott's was before him. 2010 Carmarthen Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 Oct. 3 As part of the tradition, the Burgess Roll [of Laugharne Corporation] was called, which includes the names of more than 500 men from the area. < as lemmas |
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