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Dictionary: bur·gess (bûr'jĭs) pronunciation

A freeman or citizen of an English borough.
A member of the English Parliament who once represented a town, borough, or university.
A member of the lower house of the legislature of colonial Virginia or Maryland.

[Middle English burgeis, from Old French, from Late Latin burgēnsis, from burgus, fortified town.]

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Meaning #1: a citizen of an English borough
Synonym: burgher

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