An inhabitant or resident of a borough, esp. of a town; a citizen. Now chiefly historical or literary.
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > esp. as having civic rights (13) burgess?c1225 An inhabitant or resident of a borough, esp. of a town; a citizen. Now chiefly historical or literary. citizena1325 An inhabitant of a city or town; esp. one possessing civic rights and privileges, a burgess or freeman of a city. commoner1384 A member of a community possessing civic rights and privileges; a citizen, a burgess. Also: a member of a town or city council; spec. one elected… citinerc1450 = citizen, n. (in various senses). in-burgess1479 a burgess resident in the burgh or borough. burgher?1555 An inhabitant of a burgh, borough, or corporate town; a citizen. Chiefly used of continental towns, but also of English boroughs, in a sense less… bourgeoisie1593 Originally: the citizenry or freemen of a town or borough in France (or occasionally in other foreign countries). Later more generally: the middle… bourgeois1604 Originally: a citizen or freeman of a town or borough in France (or occasionally in other foreign countries), as distinct from a peasant or… burgessdom1661 The state or fact of being a burgess; the body of burgesses in a particular borough; burgess-ship. Subcategories:— collectively (4) |
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