burgess

Betekenis (Engels)

1. An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
2. (historical) A town magistrate.
3. (UK, historical) A representative of a borough in the Parliament.
4. (US, historical) 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.

Sinonieme

burgher

citizen

townsman

inhabitant

inmate

liver

lodger

middle class

reeve

resident

tenant

towner

indweller

bourgeois

registered citizen

civilian

denizen

Vertalings

bourgeois

burger

Bürger

cittadino

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δημότης

Bürgerin

burgués

poorter

civis

αστός

Zivilist

Staatsbürgerin

Staatsbürger

κάτοικος

Bourgeois

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: burgeis

In summary

From Middle English burgeis, from Anglo-Norman burgeis, of Proto-Germanic origin; either from Late Latin burgensis (from Latin burgus), or from Frankish *burg, both from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. See also bourgeois, burgish.