Dictionary Entry
borough
borough is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
- 2noun
The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
- 3noun
An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
- 4noun
The pledge or surety thus given.
- 5noun
an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
- 6noun
one of the administrative divisions of a large city
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