2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
headborough — In Saxon law, the head or chief officer of a borough; chief of the frank pledge tithing or decennary. This office was afterwards, when the petty constableship was created, united with that office … Black's law dictionary
headborough — In Saxon law, the head or chief officer of a borough; chief of the frank pledge tithing or decennary. This office was afterwards, when the petty constableship was created, united with that office … Black's law dictionary
headborough — Same as headborow … Ballentine's law dictionary
headborough — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English hed borwe, from hed head + borwe pledge, tithing more at borrow 1. : a chief of a frankpledge or tithing compare tithingman 2. : borsholder … Useful english dictionary
boroughhead — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boroughholder — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
borsholder — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Headborrow — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tithingman — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boroughhead — Bor ough*head , n. See {Headborough}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
