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The word is linguistically close to the French "Bourgeois", which evolved from the Old French word burgeis, meaning "an inhabitant of a town" (cf. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Old French was the Romance Dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium Middle English burgeis, Middle Dutch burgher and German Bürger). Middle English is the name given by Historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects (whose ancestor was Old Dutch) which were spoken and written between 1150 The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The Old French word burgeis is derived from bourg, meaning a market town or medieval village, itself derived from Late Latin burgus, meaning "fortress"^[1] or "wall," the reference being to the merchant class which tended to set-up their store fronts along the outside of the medieval city wall, where traffic through the gates was an advantage and safety in event of an attack was easily accessible. Market town or market right is a legal term originating in the Medieval period for a European settlement that has the right to hold Markets Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Fortifications are Military Constructions and Buildings designed for defense in Warfare Humans have constructed defensive works for

See also

• Virginia House of Burgesses, the lower house of the first elected legislative assembly in the New World

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