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Webster 1913 Edition
Headborrow
{
Head′bor-ough
Head′bor-row
}(hĕd′bŭr-ō̍)
, Noun.
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.
2.
(Modern Law)
A petty constable.
[Eng.]