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burgess
(encz) | burgess,měšťan n: Zdeněk Brož |
burgess
(encz) | burgess,zástupce města v parlamentu Zdeněk Brož |
Burgess
(gcide) | Burgess \Bur"gess\, 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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Note: "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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Note: 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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burgess
(wn) | Burgess
n 1: English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993) [syn:
Burgess, Anthony Burgess]
2: a citizen of an English borough [syn: burgess, burgher] |
BURGESS
(bouvier) | BURGESS. A magistrate of a borough; generally, the chief officer of the
corporation, who performs, within the borough, the same kind of duties which
a mayor does in a city. In England, the word is sometimes applied to all the
inhabitants of a borough, who are called burgesses sometimes it signifies
the representatives of a borough in parliament.
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burgess
(encz) | burgess,měšťan n: Zdeněk Brožburgess,zástupce města v parlamentu Zdeněk Brož |
Burgess
(gcide) | Burgess \Bur"gess\, 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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Note: "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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Before the Revolution, the representatives in the
popular branch of the legislature of Virginia were
called burgesses; they are now called delegates.
[1913 Webster]
Burgess oath. See Burgher, 2.
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Burgess oath
(gcide) | Burgess \Bur"gess\, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: "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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Before the Revolution, the representatives in the
popular branch of the legislature of Virginia were
called burgesses; they are now called delegates.
[1913 Webster]
Burgess oath. See Burgher, 2.
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Burgess-ship
(gcide) | Burgess-ship \Bur"gess-ship\, n.
The state of privilege of a burgess. --South.
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anthony burgess
(wn) | Anthony Burgess
n 1: English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993) [syn:
Burgess, Anthony Burgess] |
burgess
(wn) | Burgess
n 1: English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993) [syn:
Burgess, Anthony Burgess]
2: a citizen of an English borough [syn: burgess, burgher] |
house of burgesses
(wn) | House of Burgesses
n 1: the lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia |
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