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burgess

noun
/ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/UK

Etymology

From Middle English burgeis, from Anglo-Norman burgeis, of Proto-Germanic origin; either from Late Latin burgensis (from Latin burgus), or from Frankish *burg, both from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. See also borough, bourgeois, burgish.

  1. derived from *bʰerǵʰ-✻
  2. derived from *burgz✻
  3. derived from *burg✻
  4. derived from burgus
  5. derived from burgensis
  6. derived from burgeis
  7. inherited from burgeis

Definitions

  1. An inhabitant of a borough with full rights

    An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.

  2. A town magistrate.

  3. A representative of a borough in the Parliament.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A member of the House of Burgesses, a legislative body in colonial America, established…

      A member of the House of Burgesses, a legislative body in colonial America, established by the Virginia Company to provide civil rule in the colonies.

    2. A surname transferred from the common noun.

    3. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

The neighborhood

Derived

burgessdom, burgess-ship, comburgess, nonburgess, Burgess Hill, Burgessian

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