burgess

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
  2. noun a citizen of an English borough

Etymology

From Middle English burgeis, from Anglo-Norman burgeis, of Proto-Germanic origin; either from Late Latin burgensis (from Latin burgus), or from Frankish *burg, both from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. See also borough, bourgeois, burgish.

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