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Burgess - English meaning

Burgess – definitions in English dictionary

noun

An inhabitant of a town or borough with full rights of citizenship.

Usage examples:

Although it gave no additional powers, it did change the title of inhabitants from burgesses to cit…
noun

A member of parliament for a borough, corporate town, or university.

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The return of the names of every member… is the basic source for lists of parliamentary burgesses.
noun

(in the us and also historically in the uk) a magistrate or member of the governing body of a town.

Usage examples:

In the 15th century the yelde hall was erected and used by the bailiffs and burgesses of the town a…

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市民

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Burger, Afgevaardigde van een stad

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Bourgeois, Député

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Bürger, Bürgerin, Abgeordnete

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बर्गेस

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Borghese, Cittadino

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버지스

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Горожанин, Гражданин города, Житель города, Член парламента

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Diputado

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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burgesses

noun

An inhabitant of a town or borough with full rights of citizenship.

Usage examples:

Although it gave no additional powers, it did change the title of inhabitants from burgesses to cit…
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