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Definition of 'burgess'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) burgess
a representative in the House of Burgesses.

2. burgess
(formerly) a representative of a borough, corporate town, or university in the British Parliament.

3. (n.) Burgess
(Frank) Gelett, 1866–1951, U.S. illustrator and humorist.

4. Burgess
Thornton Waldo, 1874–1965, U.S. author.

Definition of 'burgess'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Burgess, Anthony Burgess
English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)

2. (noun) burgess, burgher
a citizen of an English borough

Definition of 'burgess'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) burgess
an inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough

2. (noun) burgess
one who represents a borough in Parliament

3. (noun) burgess
a magistrate of a borough

4. (noun) burgess
an inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers

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