house of burgesses house moving • house of cards · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · house of burgesses · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 18 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia. Synonyms: House of Burgesses. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 b latin small letter b U+0062 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 g latin small letter g U+0067 h latin small letter h U+0068 o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 u latin small letter u U+0075