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headborrow

headborrow is the alternative form of headborough.

Meaning of headborough

Noun

headborough (plural headboroughs)

  1. (historical) Synonym of tithingman, the head of a tithing.
    Synonyms:
    tithingman
  2. (historical) Synonym of tithingman, a peace officer or underconstable.
    Synonyms:
    tithingman

Forms of headborrow

pluralheadborrows

Questions about headborrow

What is headborrow the alternative form of?
Headborrow is the alternative form of headborough.

Words near headborrow in the dictionary

  1. headbonked
  2. headbonking
  3. headbonks
  4. headborough
  5. headboroughs
  6. headborrow
  7. headborrows
  8. headbox
  9. headboxes
  10. headbump
  11. headbumps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headborrow (page history and authors); headborough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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