Word Meanings - BOROUGHMASTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
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- MAYORAL
The conductir of a mule team; also, a head shepherd. - GOVERNORSHIP
The office of a governor. - BOROUGH
burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS. & D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth. baúrgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save, defend, G. bergen; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill, mountain. Bury, v. t., and - BAILIFF
A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc. Note: In American law the term bailiff is seldom used except sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable, or a party liable to account to another for the - BOROUGHHEAD
See HEADBOROUGH - BOROUGHMONGERING; BOROUGHMONGERY
The practices of a boroughmonger. - BOROUGHHOLDER
A headborough; a borsholder. - BAILIFFWICK
See BAILIWICK - MAYOR
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge. (more info) nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp. mayor. See Major, and cf. - GOVERNOR
A pilot; a steersman. (more info) gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See 1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of - BOROUGH-ENGLISH
A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. Blackstone. - MAYORALTY
The office, or the term of office, of a mayor. - MAYORESS
The wife of a mayor. - BOROUGHMASTER
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough. - BOROUGHMONGER
One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs. - GOVERNOR GENERAL
A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India. - MAYORSHIP
The office of a mayor. - WATER BAILIFF
An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels. - HEADBOROUGH; HEADBORROW
A petty constable. (more info) 1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. Blackstone. - GAINSBOROUGH HAT
A woman's broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble those shown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727- - RELAY GOVERNOR
A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle. - THIRD-BOROUGH
An under constable. Shak. Johnson. - SUBGOVERNOR
A subordinate or assistant governor. - HARBOROUGH; HARBROUGH
A shelter. . Spenser.