BURGESS
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Bur"gess (&unr_;), n. [OE. burgeis, OF. burgeis, fr. burcfortified town, town, F. bourg village, fr. LL. burgus fort, city; from the German; cf. MHG. burc, G. burg. See 1st Borough, and cf. 2d Bourgeois.] 1. An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough. Blackstone.
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&hand_; “A burgess of a borough corresponds with a citizen of a city.” Burrill.
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2. One who represents a borough in Parliament.
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3. A magistrate of a borough.
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4. An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.
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&hand_; Before the Revolution, the representatives in the popular branch of the legislature of Virginia were called burgesses; they are now called delegates.
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Burgess oath. See Burgher, 2.
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