burgess
pronunciation
How to pronounce burgess in British English:
UK ['bɜ:dʒɪs]
How to pronounce burgess in American English:
US ['bɜdʒɪs]
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- Noun:
- a citizen of an English borough
Word Origin
- burgess
- burgess: see borough
- burgess (n.)
- c. 1200, burgeis "citizen of a borough," from Old French borjois (Modern French bourgeois), from Late Latin burgensis (see bourgeois). Applied from late 15c. to borough representatives in Parliament and used later in Virginia and other colonies used to denote members of the legislative body, while in Pennsylvania, etc., it meant "member of the governing council of a borough."
Example
- 1. Dealings with the kitchen have left burgess with mixed feelings .
- 2. Mrs. burgess , when was thelast time you saw your husband ?
- 3. Burgess is in love with deserts .
- 4. You know the thing that was charged against burgess years ago .
- 5. Edward , doesn 't it seem odd that the stranger should appoint burgess to deliver the money ?