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Definition of burgesses in English Turkish dictionary
- burgess
- şehirli
- burgess
- kasaba veya nahiyede oturan kimse
- burgess
- vatandaş
- burgess
- {i} kasabalı
- burgess
- {i} parlamentodaki kasaba veya üniversite temsilcisi
- burgess
- ingiltere parlamentosundaki kasaba
- burgess
- {i} kasaba sakini
- burgess
- nahiye veya üniversite temsilcisi
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Definition of burgesses in English English dictionary
- plural of burgess
- burgess
- An inhabitant of a borough with full rights, a citizen
- burgess
- in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia
- burgess
- {n} citizen, freeman, representative
- Burgess
- Burgess Shale Burgess Anthony John Anthony Burgess Wilson Burgess Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess Thornton Waldo
- House of Burgesses
- The lower house of the legislature in colonial Virginia. Representative assembly in colonial Virginia, the first elective governing body in a British colony. It was one division of the legislature established in 1619 by the colonial governor at Jamestown; the other included the governor himself and a council, all appointed by the colonial proprietor (the Virginia Company). Each Virginia settlement was entitled to elect two delegates, or burgesses (citizens of a borough in England). See also London Co
- burgess
- An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers
- burgess
- A burgess was a member of a medieval town inhabited by free commoners In contrast, peasants (persons living in the countryside) were attached to the land that was actually owned by the lord of the manor [Chapter 22] [Chapter 84] [II: Chapter 1]
- burgess
- a town magistrate
- burgess
- A magistrate of a borough
- burgess
- One who represents a borough in Parliament
- burgess
- a citizen of an English borough
- burgess
- a citizen of an English borough English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
- burgess
- A citizen or freeman of a borough, especially a member of the governing body of a town
- burgess
- holder of land or a house in a borough
- burgess
- English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
- burgess
- A person who held land called a burgage in a borough The rental for the burgage and land was 12d in 1290 and the burgess may have owned more than one burgage
- burgess
- An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough
- burgess
- {i} resident, inhabitant; elected official, delegate
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[ 'b&r-j&s ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English burgeis, from Old French borjois, from borc.Resimler
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