BURGESSES Synonyms

• a member of the United States House of Representatives

• A member of a council.

• In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor

• someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

• an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

• a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

• a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

• a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws

• someone who makes or enacts laws

• one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)

• anything that belongs to a set or class

• an external body part that projects from the body

• an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations)

• the male sex organ

• standing for something else

• a person who represents others

• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

• a member of the United States House of Representatives

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group

• serving to represent or typify

• being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives

• a member of a senate

• an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures

• an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons

• a citizen of an English borough

• a member of the middle class

• English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)