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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Headborough

Hēad′bōr-ough, n.

noun

(hĕd′bŏr-rō), n.

Hēad'bōr-rōw

  1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; — called, in some counties, bors-holder, that is, borough's elder, and sometimes tithing-man. [Obs.] [Eng.] Blackstone.
  2. (Modern Law.) A kind of constable. [Eng.]