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House of Burgesses

–noun
the assembly of representatives in colonial Virginia.
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House of Burgesses  
n.  The lower house of the legislature in colonial Virginia.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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