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Burgess

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs//

A surname transferred from the common noun.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname transferred from the common noun.

  2. 2

    A number of places in the United States: A township in Bond County, Illinois.

  3. 3

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hayes Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.

  4. 4

    A number of places in the United States: A village in Barton County, Missouri.

  5. 5

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Horry County, South Carolina.

  6. 6

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia.

Etymology

By proprialization from burgess, which is from Anglo-Norman burgeis (“town-dweller”); more at burgess.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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