(historical) A town magistrate.
If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to …
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
“One of those lines would get any other lawmaker outsized attention, but all are from a single day in the life of Sen. John Kennedy. Read more from: Burgess Everett and Eleanor Mueller: www.semafor.com/article/05/0...”
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(historical, UK) A representative of a borough in the Parliament.
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“think this is the first time I've been in burgess park not still fucked on pills after being out all night”
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“👇 Latest from Wiltshire Lloyd Burgess is jailed after his victim reported the crimes, which were committed in the 1990s. #wiltshire”
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