burgess
noun
[ ˈbəːdʒəs ]
• an inhabitant of a town or borough with full rights of citizenship.
• a Member of Parliament for a borough, corporate town, or university.
• (in the US and also historically in the UK) a magistrate or member of the governing body of a town.
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French burgeis, from late Latin burgus ‘castle, fort’ (in medieval Latin ‘fortified town’); related to borough.
