burgess

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n. (自治市的)市民, 自由民 [法] 自治市公民, 市民

发音

US
UK /ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/

词形变化

burgesses 复数 burgesses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.

    市民

  2. 2.

    A town magistrate.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A representative of a borough in the Parliament.

    英国 历史
  4. 4.

    A member of the House of Burgesses, a legislative body in colonial America, established by the Virginia Company to provide civil rule in the colonies.

    美国 历史

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

burgher

上位词 1

Englishperson

相关短语

Burgess Shale Burgess Hill

词源

From Middle English burgeis, from Anglo-Norman burgeis, of Proto-Germanic origin; either from Late Latin burgensis (from Latin burgus), or from Frankish *burg, both from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. See also borough, bourgeois, burgish.

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