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burgeis (1155)
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burgeis (1155)

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borgeis,  borgés,  borgeys,  borgois,  borjois;  bourgeis ,  bourgés,  bourgoys;  burgees,  burgeis,  burgeois,  burgeoys,  burgess,  burgez,  burgois;  (borioys (l. borjoys)  Am curt 43.18,  borzais  Dial Greg SATF 9875)  
  FEW:  *burg- 15/ii,18a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  burgeis 8,396b TL: borjois 1,1073 DEAF:  borc (borjois)  DMF:  bourgeois  TLF:  bourgeois  OED:  burgess n.1  MED:  burgeis  DMLBS:  burgensis 226b

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statusburgess, citizen, townsman: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Quant Brutus out sa cité fete [...] Citedeins i mist e burgeis  Brut WACE 1253
( 1283 )  as prudes hommes del reaume ke ne sunt burgees ne marchants  Parl Writs 12
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  de vile est dit villein, de bours borjois  Mir Just 79
( 1327 )  ke les avantditz gentz puissent eslyre [...] alderman [...] e fere burgeys  PINCHBECK ii 26
♦statustownsman (opposed to knight): 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Tanz borgeis mors, tanz chevalers detrenchez  Rom Chev ANTS 896
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Joce quida qu’il fust borgeis, quar borgeys relement ont vestu les armes, e ceus qe l’enfant avoit furent roynous e ledes  Fouke ANTS 12.29
♦lawtenant: 
( 1291-92 )  il ne sount pas bourgés le ray mes tenent par baronie  Sel Bills Eyre 36
( 1314 )  ils sount burgesses le roy  YBB Ed II xvi 188
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