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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.

 

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