burgess

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/

名詞

歴史的 イギリス英語 アメリカ英語

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

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Because she was a burgess, she could vote in borough elections and sit on the town council.

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意味（1）

An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.

In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings.

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意味（2）

(historical) A town magistrate.

意味（3）

(historical, UK) A representative of a borough in the Parliament.

意味（4）

(historical, US) A member of the House of Burgesses, a legislative body in colonial America, established by the Virginia Company to provide civil rule in the colonies.

burgesses （ plural ）