Helen Fenton

Burgee: Definition and part of speech

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Burgee

  1. n. A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels.
  2. n. A kind of small coat.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Burgess: Definition and part of speech

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Burgess

  1. n. An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.
  2. n. An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough.
  3. n. One who represents a borough in Parliament.
  4. n. A magistrate of a borough.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Burggrave: Definition and part of speech

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Burggrave

  1. n. Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.