burgess
• noun 1 Brit. archaic a citizen of a town or borough. 2 Brit. historical a Member of Parliament for a borough, corporate town, or university. 3 (in the US and historically in the UK) a magistrate or member of the governing body of a town. — ORIGIN Old French burgeis, from Latin burgus ‘castle, fortified town’.
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