#188 burgess

burgess- a citizen or freeman of a borough; any inhabitant of a borough

- C13 from Old French burgeis, from borc town, from Late Latin burgus

His countenance, originally that of a portly, comely burgess, is now emaciated with poverty and anxiety, and rendered wild by an insane lightness about the eyes.

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