2. (Naut.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels.
Burgeois
(Bur*geois") n. (Print.) See 1st Bourgeois.
Burgeois
(||Bur*geois") n. A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois. [R.] Addison.
Burgeon
(Bur"geon) v. i. To bud. See Bourgeon.
Burgess
(Bur"gess) n. [OE. burgeis, OF. burgeis, fr. burcfortified town, town, F. bourg village, fr. LL.
burgus fort, city; from the German; cf. MHG. burc, G. burg. See 1st Borough, and cf. 2d Bourgeois.]
1. An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or
freeman of a borough. Blackstone.
"A burgess of a borough corresponds with a citizen of a city." Burrill.
2. One who represents a borough in Parliament.
3. A magistrate of a borough.
4. An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.
Before the Revolution, the representatives in the popular branch of the legislature of Virginia were called
burgesses; they are now called delegates.
Burgess oath. See Burgher, 2.
Burgess-ship
(Bur"gess-ship) n. The state of privilege of a burgess. South.
Burggrave
(Burg"grave) n. [G. burggraf; burg fortress + graf count: cf. D. burggraaf, F. burgrave. See
Margrave.] (Germany) Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the
title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.
Burgh
(Burgh) n. [OE. See Burg.] A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See
Borough.
Burghal
(Burgh"al) a. Belonging to a burgh.
Burghbote
(Burgh"bote`) n. [Burgh + bote.] (Old Law) A contribution toward the building or repairing
of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
Burghbrech
(Burgh"brech`) n. [Burgh + F. brèche, equiv. to E. breach.] (AS. Law) The offense of
violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace. Burrill.
Burgher
(Burgh"er) n. [From burgh; akin to D. burger, G. bürger, Dan. borger, Sw. borgare. See
Burgh.]
1. A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of
the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite
party being called antiburghers.
These parties arose among the Presbyterians of Scotland, in 1747, and in 1820 reunited under the name
of the "United Associate Synod of the Secession Church."
Burghermaster
(Burgh"er*mas`ter) n. See Burgomaster.
