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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.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME burgeis < AF, OF, equiv. to burg city (< Gmc) + -eis < L -énsis -ensis; cf. -ese]
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Bur·gess    Audio Help   [bur-jis] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Anthony, 1917–93, English novelist and critic.
2.(Frank) Ge·lett    Audio Help   [juh-let] Pronunciation Key, 1866–1951, U.S. illustrator and humorist.
3.Thornton Waldo, 1874–1965, U.S. author, esp. of children's books.
4.a male given name.
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bur·gess    Audio Help   (bûr'jĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
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; see bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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Bur·gess    Audio Help   (bûr'jĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
British writer and critic noted for his comic novels, including the futuristic classic A Clockwork Orange (1962).

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burgess 
c.1225, burgeis "citizen of a borough," from O.Fr. burgeis, L.L. burgensis (see bourgeois). Applied from 1472 to borough representatives in Parliament and in Va. and other colonies used to denote members of the legislative body, while in Pa., etc., it meant "member of the governing council of a borough."

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burgess

noun
1. English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993) 
2. a citizen of an English borough 

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Burgess, VA Zip code(s): 22432

Burgess, MO (town, FIPS 9802) Location: 37.55617 N, 94.61485 W
Population (1990): 97 (40 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Burgess

Bor"ough\, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town, burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS. & D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth. ba['u]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save, defend, G. bergen; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill, mountain. [root]95. See Bury, v. t., and cf. Burrow, Burg, Bury, n., Burgess, Iceberg, Borrow, Harbor, Hauberk.]

1. In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. --Burrill. Erskine.

2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.

Close borough, or Pocket borough, a borough having the right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination is in the hands of a single person.

Rotten borough, a name given to any borough which, at the time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a member to Parliament.
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