- bor|ough|mon|ger
- bor|ough|mon|ger «BUR oh MUHNG guhr, -MONG-», noun.a person who sold or bought parliamentary seats for boroughs in England (frequent in discussions of parliamentary reform before 1832).
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Boroughmongering — Bor ough*mon ger*ing, Boroughmongery Bor ough*mon ger*y, n. The practices of a boroughmonger. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boroughmongery — Boroughmongering Bor ough*mon ger*ing, Boroughmongery Bor ough*mon ger*y, n. The practices of a boroughmonger. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boroughmonger — Bor ough*mon ger, n. One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
