Australian English Meaning of borough

borough

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Definitions and Meaning of borough in English

Wordnet

borough (n)

one of the administrative divisions of a large city

an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament

Webster

borough (n.)

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.

The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.

An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.

The pledge or surety thus given.

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borough

one of the administrative divisions of a large city, an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliamentIn England, an incorporated town that

burger,city,metropolis,Municipality,Town,Cosmopolis,city centre,inner city,Megacity,Megalopolis

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