burgess

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

burgués

ciudadana

Sinónimos

burgher

citizen

townsman

inhabitant

inmate

liver

lodger

middle class

reeve

resident

tenant

towner

indweller

bourgeois

registered citizen

civilian

denizen

Traducciones

bourgeois

burger

Bürger

cittadino

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Bürgerin

δημότης

poorter

civis

αστός

Zivilist

Staatsbürgerin

Staatsbürger

Bourgeois

κάτοικος

مواطن

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: 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.