'Borough' definitions:
Definition of 'borough'
From: WordNet
noun
One of the administrative divisions of a large city
noun
An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
Definition of 'Borough'
From: GCIDE
- Borough \Bor"ough\, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town, burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS. & D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth. ba['u]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save, defend, G. bergen; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill, mountain. [root]95. See Bury, v. t., and cf. Burrow, Burg, Bury, n., Burgess, Iceberg, Borrow, Harbor, Hauberk.]
- 1. 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. --Burrill. --Erskine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax. [1913 Webster]
- Close borough, or Pocket borough, a borough having the right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination is in the hands of a single person.
- Rotten borough, a name given to any borough which, at the time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a member to Parliament. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Borough'
From: GCIDE
- Borough \Bor"ough\, n. [See Borrow.] (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. --Blackstone. Tomlins. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'borough'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archbishopric,
- archdiocese,
- arrondissement,
- bailiwick,
- banlieue,
- bishopric,
- boom town,
- bourg,
- burg,
- burgh,
- canton,
- city,
- close borough,
- commune,
- congressional district,
- constablewick,
- conurbation,
- county,
- departement,
- diocese,
- district,
- duchy,
- election district,
- electoral district,
- electorate,
- exurb,
- exurbia,
- faubourg,
- gerrymander,
- gerrymandered district,
- ghost town,
- government,
- greater city,
- hamlet,
- hundred,
- Kreis,
- magistracy,
- market town,
- megalopolis,
- metropolis,
- metropolitan area,
- municipality,
- oblast,
- okrug,
- outskirts,
- parish,
- pocket borough,
- polis,
- precinct,
- principality,
- province,
- region,
- riding,
- rotten borough,
- safe district,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffwick,
- shire,
- shrievalty,
- silk-stocking district,
- single-member district,
- soke,
- spread city,
- Stadt,
- stake,
- state,
- suburb,
- suburbia,
- swing district,
- territory,
- town,
- township,
- urban complex,
- urban sprawl,
- urbs,
- village,
- ville,
- wapentake,
- ward
Words containing 'Borough'
- Close borough,
- Denali Borough,
- Haines Borough,
- Pocket borough,
- Rotten borough,
- borough english,
- Aleutians East Borough,
- Borough-English,
- Bristol Bay Borough,
- Denali Borough, AK,
- Haines Borough, AK,
- Juneau City and Borough,
- Kenai Peninsula Borough,
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough,
- Kodiak Island Borough,
- Lake and Peninsula Borough,
- North Slope Borough,
- Northwest Arctic Borough,
- Sitka City and Borough,
- Third-borough,
- Yakutat City and Borough,
- Aleutians East Borough, AK,
- Bristol Bay Borough, AK,
- Fairbanks North Star Borough,
- Free-borough men,
- Juneau City and Borough, AK,
- Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK,
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK,
- Kodiak Island Borough, AK,
- Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK,
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough,
- North Slope Borough, AK,
- Northwest Arctic Borough, AK,
- Sitka City and Borough, AK,
- Yakutat City and Borough, AK,
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK,
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK