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Burgess-ship :: Burgess-ship (n.) The state of privilege of a burgess.

Burgher :: Burgher (n.) A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess the true religion professed within the realm), the opposite party being called antiburghers..

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) A magistrate of a borough.

Antiburgher :: Antiburgher (n.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath..

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) One who represents a borough in Parliament.

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough..

Portman :: Portman (n.) An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports..

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.

Burgeois :: Burgeois (n.) A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois.

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