About The Word Borough

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Borough

Borough Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Borough?
[n] an English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament
[n] one of the administrative divisions of a large city Synonyms | Synonyms for Borough: Related Terms | Find terms related to Borough: archbishopric | archdiocese | arrondissement | bailiwick | banlieue | bishopric | boom town | bourg | burg | burgh | canton | city | close borough | commune | congressional district | constablewick | conurbation | county | departement | diocese | district | duchy | election district | electoral district | electorate | exurb | exurbia | faubourg | gerrymander | gerrymandered district | ghost town | government | greater city | hamlet | hundred | Kreis | magistracy | market town | megalopolis | metropolis | metropolitan area | municipality | oblast | okrug | outskirts | parish | pocket borough | polis | precinct | principality | province | region | riding | rotten borough | safe district | sheriffalty | sheriffwick | shire | shrievalty | silk-stocking district | single-member district | soke | spread city | Stadt | stake | state | suburb | suburbia | swing district | territory | town | township | urban complex | urban sprawl | urbs | village | ville | wapentake | ward See Also | administrative district | administrative division | Bronx | Brooklyn | burgh | City of Westminster | Greenwich | Manhattan | pocket borough | Queens | rotten borough | Staten Island | territorial division | The Bronx | town | townsfolk | townspeople | Westminster Borough In Webster's Dictionary \Bor"ough\, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town,
burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS.
& D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth.
ba['u]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save,
defend, G. bergen; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill,
mountain. [root]95. See {Bury}, v. t., and cf. {Burrow},
{Burg}, {Bury}, n., {Burgess}, {Iceberg}, {Borrow}, {Harbor},
{Hauberk}.]
1. In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also,
a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a
body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain
district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain
jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village,
as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. --Burrill. Erskine.
2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a
borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
{Close borough}, or {Pocket borough}, a borough having the
right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination
is in the hands of a single person.
{Rotten borough}, a name given to any borough which, at the
time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained
but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a
member to Parliament.
\Bor"ough\, n. [See {Borrow}.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other. (b) The pledge or surety thus given. --Blackstone. Tomlins. |
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