burgess
Meaning
- An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
- (historical) A town magistrate.
- (UK, historical) A representative of a borough in the Parliament.
- (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.
Synonyms
Translations
bourgeois
burger
cittadino
δημότης
burgués
civis αστός κάτοικος
BourgeoisFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/
Etymology
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.
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