burgess

(bûr'jĭs)
n.

1. A freeman or citizen of an English borough.
2. A member of the English Parliament who once represented a town, borough, or university.
3. 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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• Government Officials and Citizens - burgess: former representative of borough or town in British Parliament

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