BURGESS

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough. Blackstone.

2.
n.

One who represents a borough in Parliament.

3.
n.

A magistrate of a borough.

4.
n.

An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.


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