名詞 burgess:

1. English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
   同義詞：Anthony Burgess
2. a citizen of an English borough
   同義詞：burgher

bur.gess

n.（名詞）
A freeman or citizen of an English borough.
市民，自由民：英國自治城市的自由民或公民
A member of the English Parliament who once represented a town, borough, or university.
自治市選出的議員：從前代表一個鎮(zhèn)、自治城市或大學(xué)的英國國會議員
A member of the lower house of the legislature of colonial Virginia or Maryland.
殖民地弗吉尼亞州或馬里蘭州的立法機關(guān)下議院議員

來源：
Middle English burgeis
中古英語 burgeis
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Late Latin burgônsis
源自 后期拉丁語 burgônsis
from burgus [fortified town] * see bhergh- 2
源自 burgus [設(shè)防城鎮(zhèn)] *參見 bhergh- 2