An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen. / (historical) A town magistrate. / (historical, UK) A representative of a borough in the Parliament.

plural of burgess

A surname transferred from the common noun. / A township in Bond County, Illinois. / A village in Barton County, Missouri. / An unincorporated community in Horry County, South Carolina.

A rock formation in the Canadian Rockies that contains very many fossils from the Cambrian period.

The state or condition of being a burgess; citizenship.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3119).

Citizenship.

Of or relating to Anthony Burgess (John Anthony Burgess Wilson, 1917–1993), English writer and critic.

plural of burgessy

The role or status of burgess.