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Borough

Borough Definition And Meaning
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.

Borough Definition And Meaning

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

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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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