Burgess

ber'jes, n. A freeman of a borough: a resentative or magistrate of, etc. — Burg'grave, Bur'frave, n. In Ger., orig., one in command of a burg ut the title and domain became hereditary.— Burgh, berg, n. Same as burg and borough. — Burgh'' al, Pert, to, etc. — Burgh'er, n. An inhabitant of, a — Burg'o-mas'ter, n. A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland. Flanders, and Germany. (Ornith.) An aquatic bird; the glaucous gull, 6f or arctic regions. Burgeois. See Bourgeois. Burgeon. See Bourgeon.