Burgess

[Fr. bourgeois, from L. Lat. burgensis, from burg.] An inhabitant of a borough or walled town; a freeman of a borough; a representative of a borough in the English parliament. -A magistrate of a borough. An officer who discharges the same duties for a borough that a mayor does for a city. The word is used in this sense in Pennsylvania. Burge , or BURGESS BEG, a parish of Ireland, co. Tip IMG:content-0810.png:[blocks in formation] Burgh, n . See BOROUGH. Burgh'bote, n . ( Old Eng . Law .) An impost levied for the raising or repairing of the defences of a borough or city. Burgh-brech, ( burgʻbrèch ,) n. (Old Eng . Law .) A breach of the peace. Burgher, ( borg'er ,) n. A burge or freeman of a burgh or borough. ( Eccl . Hist . ) In Scotland, a member of the seceding party from the Scottish church (1747) which a erted the legality of the burge -oath (abiding by "the true religion profe ed within the realm"), their opponents being denominated anti - burghers.