bors|hold|er

bors|hold|er
bors|hold|er «BRS HOHL duhr», noun.
in English history:
1. (originally) the head or chief of a borrow (tithing); a headborough.
2. (later) a petty constable.
[Middle English borgesaldre head of a borrow (tithing)]

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