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   burgess

   /ˈbəːdʒɪs/

   noun

   • 1. an inhabitant of a town or borough with full rights of citizenship. historical British
   • 2. a Member of Parliament for a borough, corporate town, or university. historical British
   • 3. (in the US and also historically in the UK) a magistrate or member of the governing body of a town.
   • ▪ a member of the assembly of colonial Maryland or Virginia. historical US

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French burgeis, from late Latin burgus ‘castle, fort’ (in medieval Latin ‘fortified town’); related to borough.

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