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Burgesses  

Definition

  • Magistrates or members of the governing body of a town. Used as an official title (with varying signification) in certain English boroughs before the Municipal Reform Act of 1835. [OED, alt.]

Notation

  • 122576

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-KM8LQFHC-Q

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