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Word: Burgess
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French burgeis, from late Latin burgus ‘castle, fort’ (in medieval Latin ‘fortified town’); related to borough
ˈbəːdʒɪs
an inhabitant of a town or borough with full rights of citizenship.
Short Definition:inhabitant of town or borough
a Member of Parliament for a borough, corporate town, or university.
Short Definition:Member of Parliament for borough etc.
(in the US and also historically in the UK) a magistrate or member of the governing body of a town.
Short Definition:magistrate or member of town's governing body
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