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.