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Definition: HEADBORROW

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Noun 1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman.[Websters]
2. A petty constable.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Headborrow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: HEADBORROW

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman.[Websters]
2. A petty constable.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HEADBORROW" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)