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burgess
noun
- Now Rare a citizen or freeman of a British borough
- Historical, Brit. a member of the British Parliament representing a borough, corporate town, or university
- an elected member of the colonial legislature of Md. or Va.
Burgess,
(Frank) Gelett 1866-1951; U.S. humorist & illustrator
See burgess in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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