The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Boroughhead \Bor"ough*head`\, n.
See Headborough. [Obs.]
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