Definition of Boroughholder. Meaning of Boroughholder. Synonyms of Boroughholder

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Definition of Boroughholder

Boroughholder
Boroughholder Bor"ough*hold"er, n. A headborough; a borsholder.
boroughholder
Headborough Head"bor*ough, Headborrow Head"bor*row 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.]

Meaning of Boroughholder from wikipedia

- Kent Folkestone Town Council (charter trustees 1974–2004) 64 Gateshead Boroughholders and Freemen of the Borough of Gateshead 1695 County Durham Gateshead...
- bishop of Durham as lord of the manor, and another sixteenth part to the boroughholders and freemen of Gateshead, in compensation for their exclusive right...