Definition of Boroughmonger. Meaning of Boroughmonger. Synonyms of Boroughmonger

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Definition of Boroughmonger

Boroughmonger
Boroughmonger Bor"ough*mon"ger, n. One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

Meaning of Boroughmonger from wikipedia

- A rotten or pocket borough, also known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great...
- venal borough, by dealing with dissident Cornish locals who opposed the boroughmonger Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet, in a contested election. John...
- at Vanderlynden's (1926) Our Mr. Dormer (1927), a trilogy with The Boroughmonger and Castle Island The Apple Disdained (1928) Ten Years Ago. Armistice...
- ensuing bad feeling led to Hawkins fighting a duel with his fellow boroughmonger and former Whig MP for Penryn Lord Dunstanville. Neither party was injured...
- the King as having "nobly helped us to throw off the yoke which the boroughmongers would impose on us", and praising the "patriotic and independent spirit"...
- manners and great address, Cunningham was considered to be the best boroughmonger of the time. In 1722, he became a Burgess of Glasgow and also succeeded...
- Riots' erupt as large numbers of people militantly respond to the hated 'boroughmongers' yet again succeeding in defending their privileges. Houses of known...