burgess
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- noun
- /ˈbɜr.dʒɪs/
- Archaic
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burgés
- Burgess also released a report on three-and-a-half years of King County prosecution data, which found that 67 people "victimized more than 78 girls and women in King County."
Examples
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" Two-thirds of those victims were juveniles, with a "sizable number" of them between 13 and 15 years old, according to Burgess.
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Two days after the hurricane, while on a journey midtown to a pharmacy, I spotted none other than Hovey Burgess.
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Finally, the burgesses brought the food and wine, served to the royals by the seneschal and chamberlain as the marshal held the banner over them.
Academic text (2011) -
In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, there were probably some eight free burgesses, holding burgages of the lord (freeholders).
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In the town meeting, the burgess spoke passionately about the needs of the community.
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As a burgess, he had the right to vote on local matters affecting the borough.
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The burgesses gathered to discuss important issues that would impact their rights and privileges.
Synonyms
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A person in an area who votes for and is represented by an elected official
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A town or city resident in medieval times with special rights
Surface Forms
Etymology
Burgess comes from an old word burg meaning 'town', the same root you see in place names like Pittsburgh or the short word burg for a town. So a burgess was a person of the town with full rights, which is why it means a citizen of a borough.