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Boroughmongering :: Boroughmongering (n.) Alt. of Boroughmonger.

Borsholder :: Borsholder (a.) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable..

Fifteenth :: Fifteenth (n.) A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at..

Boroughmonger :: Boroughmonger (n.) One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

Burghmote :: Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.

Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.

Municipality :: Municipality (n.) A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village..

Burgh :: Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough..

Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough..

Herborough :: Herborough (n.) A harbor.

Boroughholder :: Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.

Mayor :: Mayor (n.) The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) A magistrate of a borough.

Freeman :: Freeman (n.) A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman..

Headborough :: Headborough (n.) Alt. of Headborro.

Borough :: Borough (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.

Burrow :: Burrow (n.) An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

Burgage :: Burgage (n.) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft..

Third-borough :: Third-borough (n.) An under constable.

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