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boroughhood

boroughhood noun: the state of being a borough.

Noun

boroughhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a borough
    • In the days of its close boroughhood, it had owned but one mind, and that a little one ; it had now a thousand ; and each, in its own conceit, gigantic.1850, Catherine Grace Frances, The Hamiltons, or, Official life in 1830, page 353
    • The Gazette began before boroughhood and has continued along successive decades.1922, George Thornton Flemming, History of Pittsburgh and its Environs, page 348

Origin of boroughhood

From borough + -hood.

Questions about boroughhood

What does boroughhood mean?
Boroughhood means the state of being a borough.
What part of speech is boroughhood?
Boroughhood is a noun.

Words near boroughhood in the dictionary

  1. Boroughbridge
  2. boroughhead
  3. boroughheads
  4. boroughholder
  5. boroughholders
  6. boroughhood
  7. boroughitis
  8. boroughmaster
  9. boroughmasters
  10. boroughmonger
  11. boroughmongering

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