1. A freeman or citizen of an English borough. 2. A member of the English Parliament who once represented a town, borough, or university. 3. A member of the lower house of the legislature of colonial Virginia or Maryland.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English burgeis, from Old French, from Late Latin burgnsis, from burgus, fortified town. See bhergh-2 in Appendix I.
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nsis, from burgus, fortified town. See bhergh-2 in Appendix I.
