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burgess 
1 † n. a member of a provincial House of Assembly representing an incorporated town.
- 1808 We do for that end publish this our Royal Proclamation and do hereby dissolve the said Provincial Parliament accordingly, and the Legislative Council, Counsellors, and the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Assembly, are discharged from their attendance and meeting on Monday the Twenty Seventh day of June.
- 1827 The Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses . . . are too well acquainted with Constitutional forms and proceedings to interfere. . . .
2 n. in Saskatchewan, a person who pays municipal taxes; ratepayer.
- 1957 Burgesses in many Saskatchewan cities and towns . . . benefit from the large assets Government Insurance has built up.
- 1964 Mr. Rosenberg and Mr. Tiller agreed there should be no division into electors and burgesses, the latter being owners of property and thus eligible to vote on money bylaws.
- 1808 We do for that end publish this our Royal Proclamation and do hereby dissolve the said Provincial Parliament accordingly, and the Legislative Council, Counsellors, and the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Assembly, are discharged from their attendance and meeting on Monday the Twenty Seventh day of June.