Question

what is a burgess and what is it’s significance

Answer 1

Answer:  Burgess originally meant a freeman of a borough (England, Wales, Ireland) or burgh (Scotland). It later came to mean an elected or unelected official of a municipality, or the representative of a borough in the English House of Commons. The term was also used in some of the American colonies.

Answer 2

Answer:

Burgess originally meant freeman of a brought or burgh. It later came to mean an elected or unelected official of a municipality, or the representative of a borough in the English House of Commons.

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