Poorter
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It sits within the topics Bourgeoisie, Citizenship and Social class in the Netherlands.
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thumb|Kruispoort, one of the four remaining gates of Bruges, Belgium
Poorter () is an historical term for a type of Dutch, or Flemish, burgher who had acquired the right to live within the walls of a city with city rights.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poorter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.