Burgess

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A magistrate of a borough.

II. Burgess ·noun One who represents a borough in Parliament.

III. Burgess ·noun An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.

IV. Burgess ·noun An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough.