burgher
noun
an inhabitant of a town, especially a member of the middle class; citizen.
burghership
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a word derived from
burgher.
Example Sentences
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They were admitted to the burghership, and agreed to spend a certain portion of every year in the palaces they raised within the circuit of the walls.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
The popular assembly was enlarged, and public harmony was secured; but Athenian burghership still remained a privilege which could not be acquired by the native of any other city.
From American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History by John Fiske
He declines to admit men who are in every way qualified to the burghership, though every other new country is competing for such men.
From Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
In no case does citizenship, or burghership, appear to rest upon the basis of a real or assumed community of descent from a single real or mythical progenitor.
From American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History by John Fiske
We have seen that the Florentines rendered commerce a condition of burghership.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
