burgess
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bur·gess
(bûr'jĭs) 
n.
n.
- 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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- Government Officials and Citizens - burgess: former representative of borough or town in British Parliament
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