burgess
11burgess — index resident Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12Burgess — m English: transferred use of the surname, which is derived from the Old French word burgeis freeman of a borough (a derivative of burg town, of Germanic origin) …
13Burgess — Burgess, Guy (1911 1963) a British man who worked for British Intelligence, but was secretly a ↑spy for the former Soviet Union. In 1951 he escaped to the Soviet Union with another British spy, Donald MacLean …
14Burgess — Burgess, Ernest W …
15Burgess — Nom de famille anglais, équivalent du français Bourgeois (voir ce nom). Variantes : Burges, Burgis, Burgiss, Borges …
16burgess — c.1200, burgeis citizen of a borough, from O.Fr. borjois, L.L. burgensis (see BOURGEOIS (Cf. bourgeois)). Applied from late 15c. to borough representatives in Parliament and in Virginia and other colonies used to denote members of the legislative …
17Burgess — [bʉr′jəs] (Frank) Gelett [jə let′] 1866 1951; U.S. humorist & illustrator …
18burgess — [bʉr′jis] n. [ME & OFr burgeis: see BOURGEOIS] 1. Now Rare a citizen or freeman of a British borough 2. [Brit. Historical] a member of the British Parliament representing a borough, corporate town, or university 3. an elected member of the… …
19Burgess — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Patronyme Le nom de Burgess est porté par plusieurs personnalités, notamment (par ordre alphabétique) : Anthony Burgess, ou John Anthony Burgess… …
20burgess — /berr jis/, n. 1. Amer. Hist. a representative in the popular branch of the colonial legislature of Virginia or Maryland. 2. (formerly) a representative of a borough in the British Parliament. 3. Rare. an inhabitant of an English borough. [1175… …
