† ˈburgeyseObs. Also 5 buriays, burioyse, burgoyze, -oise. [a. OF.burgeise, fem. of burgeis: see burgess.] The wife of a burgess; a female citizen. c1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 12 A worthi burgoyze, a good woman.Ibid. 138 A burioyse, a riche woman.1483Caxton Cato C iv, The husbond of the sayd burgeyse.