Borough

(bŭr'rō), n. [A-S. buruh, burh, burg, O. Sax. burg, burg, Icel., Sw., Dan., & D. borg, O. H. Ger. puruc, purc, M. H. Ger. burc, N. H. Ger. burg, Lat. burgus, Gr. πύργος, βύργος, Maced. βύργος, Goth. baurgs, from bairgan, A-S. beorgan, Ger. bergen, to hide, save, defend, to be prominent. From the same root is the A-S. beorg, Ger. berg, a mountain.] An incorporated town that is not a city; in England, a town or village 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.

(bŭr'rō), n. [A-S. borg, borh, pledge, surety, from the same root as the preceding word.] (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. [Obs.] Blackstone. Tomlins.