'Boroughholder' definitions:

Definition of 'Boroughholder'

From: GCIDE

Boroughholder \Bor"ough*hold"er\, n. A headborough; a borsholder. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'boroughholder'

From: GCIDE

Headborough \Head"bor*ough\ Headborrow \Head"bor*row\(h[e^]d"b[u^]r*[-o]), n.
1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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