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noun


(1)   A citizen of an English borough
(2)   English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
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Etymology


Anglo-Norman burgeis, cognate with Old French borjois (modern bourgeois), from late Latin burgus ‘fort, fortified town’.

Noun



  1. an inhabitant of a borough with full rights, a citizen
  2. a town magistrate
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