A burgess was the holder of a certain status in an English, Irish or Scottish borough in the Middle Ages and the early modern period, designating someone of the burgher class.

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A free, male inhabitant of a medieval English borough was known as a burgess. A burgess was originally a fairly ordinary citizen, and the word shares a root with the French bourgeois, …

Dec 11, 2025 · burgess (plural burgesses) An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen. quotations

The term burgess is a historical legal term, primarily used in medieval and early modern England, referring to an individual with specific rights or roles within a self-governing town or borough.

(Biography) Anthony, real name John Burgess Wilson. 1917–93, English novelist and critic: his novels include A Clockwork Orange (1962), Tremor of Intent (1966), Earthly Powers (1980), …