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boroughmasters

boroughmasters is the plural of boroughmaster.

Meaning of boroughmaster

Noun

boroughmaster (plural boroughmasters)

  1. The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
    • In the House, members are supposed to speak the sentiments of their electors: everywhere else they are supposed to speak the sentiments of the boroughmaster who puts them in.1842, The Westminster Review, volume XXXVII
    Synonyms:
    boroughreeve

Questions about boroughmasters

What is boroughmasters the plural of?
Boroughmasters is the plural of boroughmaster.

Words near boroughmasters in the dictionary

  1. boroughholder
  2. boroughholders
  3. boroughhood
  4. boroughitis
  5. boroughmaster
  6. boroughmasters
  7. boroughmonger
  8. boroughmongering
  9. boroughmongers
  10. boroughmongery
  11. boroughreeve

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