Definitions for burgessˈbɜr dʒɪs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bur•gessˈbɜr dʒɪs(n.)
a representative in the House of Burgesses.
Category: American History
(formerly) a representative of a borough, corporate town, or university in the British Parliament.
Category: Western History
Origin of burgess:
1175–1225; ME burgeis < AF, OF, =burg city (< Gmc) +-eis < L -ēnsis -ensis ; cf. -ese
Bur•gessˈbɜr dʒɪs(n.)
(Frank) Gelett, 1866–1951, U.S. illustrator and humorist.
Category: Biography
Thornton Waldo, 1874–1965, U.S. author.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
Burgess, Anthony Burgess(noun)
English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
burgess, burgher(noun)
a citizen of an English borough
Wiktionary
burgess(Noun)
An inhabitant of a borough with full rights, a citizen.
burgess(Noun)
A town magistrate.
Origin: From burgeis, from burgeis, of origin; either from burgensis < * or . See also bourgeois, burgish.
Webster Dictionary
Burgess(noun)
an inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough
Burgess(noun)
one who represents a borough in Parliament
Burgess(noun)
a magistrate of a borough
Burgess(noun)
an inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers
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