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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bur•gess (bûr′jis),USA pronunciation n. - American Historya representative in the popular branch of the colonial legislature of Virginia or Maryland.
- World History(formerly) a representative of a borough in the British Parliament.
- British Terms[Rare.]an inhabitant of an English borough.
- Latin -ēnsis -ensis; compare -ese
- Gmc) + -eis
- Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent. to burg city (
- Middle English burgeis 1175–1225
(Frank) Ge•lett (jə let′),USA pronunciation 1866–1951, U.S. illustrator and humorist.- Biographical Thornton Waldo, 1874–1965, U.S. author, esp. of children's books.
- a male given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: burgess /ˈbɜːdʒɪs/ n - (in England) a citizen or freeman of a borough
- any inhabitant of a borough
- a Member of Parliament from a borough, corporate town, or university
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French burgeis, from borc town, from Late Latin burgus, of Germanic origin; see borough Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Burgess /ˈbɜːdʒɪs/ n - Anthony, real name John Burgess Wilson. 1917–93, English novelist and critic: his novels include A Clockwork Orange (1962), Tremor of Intent (1966), Earthly Powers (1980), and Any Old Iron (1989)
- Guy. 1911–63, British spy, who fled to the Soviet Union (with Donald Maclean) in 1951
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