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burgess

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1. burgess - Noun

2. Burgess - Proper noun

Meaning

An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough.

One who represents a borough in Parliament.

A magistrate of a borough.

An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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"21 is the symbol of human maturity, or used to be, since at 21 you got to vote and assumed adult responsibility," Burgess wrote in a foreword for a 1986 edition. Source: Internet

According to Burgess, after Bennett's death, his son took over the company, and the posters were replaced with pictures of the son (who looked imposing and stern in contrast to his father's kindly demeanor) with the text "Let me be your big brother." Source: Internet

About two-thirds of the Burgess Shale organisms lived by feeding on the organic content in the muddy sea floor, while almost a third filtered out fine particles from the water column. Source: Internet

Although biomineralisation is usually necessary to preserve soft tissue after this time, the presence of polychaete muscle in the nonmineralised Burgess shale shows this need not always be the case. Source: Internet

Also renewed is Dishmantled, the cooking competition series from creator Linda Lea, which is hosted by Tituss Burgess. Source: Internet

A Clockwork Orange (Hardback) by Anthony Burgess, Will Self Burgess later stated that he wrote the book in three weeks. Source: Internet

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