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burgess

 
(bûr'jĭs) pronunciation
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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