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noun
1.
American History. a representative in the popular branch of the colonial legislature of Virginia or Maryland.
2.
(formerly) a representative of a borough in the British Parliament.
3.
Rare. an inhabitant of an English borough.
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Burgess
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noun
1.
Anthony, 1917–93, English novelist and critic.
3.
Thornton Waldo, 1874–1965, U.S. author, especially of children's books.
4.
a male given name.
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Word Origin & History
burgess
c.1200, burgeis "citizen of a borough," from O.Fr. borjois, L.L. burgensis (see bourgeois). Applied from late 15c. to borough representatives in Parliament and in Virginia and other colonies used to denote members of the legislative body, while in Pennsylvania, etc., it
EXPANDmeant "member of the governing council of a borough."
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