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