BURGESS

burgess (b[schwa]r-jis). Hist. 1. An inhabitant or freeman of a borough or town. 2. A magistrate of a borough. 3. A person entitled to vote at elections. 4. A representative of a borough or town in Parliament. “[Burgesses] are properly Men of Trade, or the Inhabitants of a Borow or Walled Town; yet we usually […]