burgensis

From burgus (“fort; walled town; borough”) +‎ -ēnsis (forming locative adjectives), generally used as a substantive noun.

burgēnsis m or f (genitive burgēnsis); third declension

1. (medieval, historical) A resident of a walled town (opposed to villanus, a rural resident)
   • 1878, William Charles Smith, "Borough" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 62:

     The burgensis, or inhabitant of a walled town, was opposed to villanus, or inhabitant of the villa, or open town.

2. (medieval, historical) A burgess, a burger: a merchant or craftsman of a borough with citizen rights (opposed to non-citizen residents and outsiders)

Third declension i-stem.

burgēnsis (neuter burgēnse); third declension

1. (medieval, historical) Of or related to a medieval walled town or incorporated borough.

Third declension.

• Old French: burgeys, burgeis, burgois, burgeois, borgeis, bourgois
  • Middle French: bourgois, bourgeois
    • French: bourgeois
      • → Dutch: bourgeois
      • → English: bourgeois
      • → German: bourgeois
    • Walloon: bordjeûs
  • → Middle English: burgeis, burgeys, burges
    • English: burgess
• Italian: borghese
• Portuguese: burguês
• Spanish: burgés, burgués

• burgensis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• burgensis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016