See also:

• BURGESS (Med. Lat. burgensis, from burgus, a borough, a town)
• BURGESS, DANIEL (1645-1713)
• BURGESS, THOMAS (1756–1837)

BURGESS (Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. burgensis, from burgus, a See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough, a See also:

• TOWN

town)  , a See also:

• TERM

term, in its earliest sense, meaning an inhabitant of a See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough, one who occupied a See also:

• TENEMENT (Med. Lat. tenetnentum, from tenere, to hold)

tenement therein, but now applied solely to a registered See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary, or more strictly, municipal voter . An See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early use of the word was to denote a member elected to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament by his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow citizens in a borough . In some of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American colonies (e.g . See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia), a " See also:

• BURGESS (Med. Lat. burgensis, from burgus, a borough, a town)
• BURGESS, DANIEL (1645-1713)
• BURGESS, THOMAS (1756–1837)

burgess " was a member of the legislative See also:

• BODY

body, which was termed the " See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Burgesses." Previously to the Municipal Reform See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1835, burgess was an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title in some See also:

• ENGLISH

English boroughs, and in this sense is still used in some of the states of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, as in See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania . The Burgess-See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll is the See also:

• REGISTER

register or official See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of burgesses in a borough .