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[ˈbəːdʒɪs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- 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
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Origin
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Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French burgeis, from late Latin burgus ‘castle, fort’ (in medieval Latin ‘fortified town’); related to borough
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