burgess
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noun \ˈbər-jəs\Definition of BURGESS
1
a : a citizen of a British borough b : a representative of a borough, corporate town, or university in the British Parliament
2
: a representative in the popular branch of the legislature of colonial Maryland or Virginia
See Origin of BURGESS
Middle English burgeis, from Anglo-French, from borc town — more at bourg
First Known Use: 13th century
Bur·gess
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Thornton Waldo 1874–1965 Am. writer
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