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Noun: burgess  bur-jis
Usage: archaic
  1. A citizen of an English borough
    "As a burgess, he had the right to vote in local elections";
    - burgher
Noun: Burgess  bur-jis
  1. English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
    - Anthony Burgess

Derived forms: burgesses

Type of: author, English person, writer

Encyclopedia: Burgess, Missouri