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]
Boroughholder \Bor"ough*hold"er\, n. A headborough; a borsholder. [1913 Webster]