Synonymer
Uttal
US- Okänd accent:
- IPA: /ˈbɜːdʒɪs/
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Liknande ord
Definitioner
Substantiv
- An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
- (historical) A town magistrate.
- (historical, UK) A representative of a borough in the Parliament.
- (historical, US) A member of the House of Burgesses, a legislative body in the colonial America, established by Virginia Company to provide civil rule in the colonies.
Exempel
- In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings.
Böjningsformer
| Plural | burgesses |