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Definition of: burgess
(bûr′jis) noun
1. A freeman, citizen, or officer of a borough or burg.
2. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature, the House of Burgesses, of Maryland or Virginia: now called delegate.
3. Brit. Formerly, a member of Parliament for a borough or university. [<OF burgeis <bourg town <Gmc. Doublet of BOURGEOIS1.]
— bur′·gess-ship noun
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