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de Burgh

Proper noun

Meaning

de Burgh

A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

De Burgh, W.G. Subsequent Roman and medieval Christian writers quoted liberally from his works De Re Publica (On the Commonwealth) and De Legibus (On the Laws), and much of his work has been recreated from these surviving fragments. Source: Internet

De Burgh, W.G., "The legacy of the ancient world" John Adams said of him "As all the ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher united than Cicero, his authority should have great weight." Source: Internet

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