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boroughholder

Headborough \Head"bor*ough\ Headborrow \Head"bor*row\(h[e^]d"b[u^]r*[-o]), n.

  1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.]
    --Blackstone.

  2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]

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boroughholder

n. A headborough; a borsholder.