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 {Borsholder}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Borsholder \Bors"hold`er\, n. [OE. borsolder; prob. fr. AS. borg, gen. borges, pledge + ealdor elder. See {Borrow}, and {Elder}, a.] (Eng. Law) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d {Borough}); the headborough; a parish constable. --Spelman. [1913 Webster]