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Bur⋅gess

[bur-jis]
–noun
1. Anthony, 1917–93, English novelist and critic.
2. (Frank) Ge⋅lett [juh-let] , 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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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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