burgage
/ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ/noun
burgage is a noun meaning “A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town and was maintained for a yearly…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-U-R-G-A-G-E, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of burgage is burgages.
What does burgage mean?
noun
- 1
A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce burgage?
- US /ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ/
- UK /ˈbɜːɡɪd͡ʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-burgage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of burgage
- burgages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is burgage?
Burgage appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does burgage come from?
Inherited from Middle English burgage, from Old French bourgage and Medieval Latin burgāgium; equivalent to burg + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).