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burgess definition

bur·gess (bʉr′jis)

noun

  1. Now Rare a citizen or freeman of a British borough
  2. Historical, Brit. a member of the British Parliament representing a borough, corporate town, or university
  3. an elected member of the colonial legislature of Md. or Va.

Etymology: ME & OFr burgeis: see bourgeois

Burgess definition

Bur·gess (bʉr′jəs)

Burgess, (Frank) Gelett (jə let′) 1866-1951; U.S. humorist & illustrator

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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