Found 1 items, similar to boroughholder.
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]