Definitions from Wiktionary (Burgess)

▸ noun:  An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
▸ noun:  (historical) A town magistrate.
▸ noun:  (historical, UK) A representative of a borough in the Parliament.
▸ noun:  (historical, US) A member of the House of Burgesses, a legislative body in colonial America, established by the Virginia Company to provide civil rule in the colonies.
▸ noun:  A surname transferred from the common noun.
▸ noun:  A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun:  A township in Bond County, Illinois.
▸ noun:  A village in Barton County, Missouri.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Horry County, South Carolina.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia.




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