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municipal boroughs

municipal boroughs is the plural of municipal borough.

Meaning of municipal borough

Noun

municipal borough (plural municipal boroughs)

  1. (UK) A city or town in England and Wales with an elected town council consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors.
    • The increase in the number may perhaps in a great degree be attributed to the increased proportion of apprehensions consequent upon the extensive establishment of an efficient Police in the municipal boroughs, and to the greater facilities in criminal proceedings afforded by the extended grants of...1838, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, volume 1, London: Charles Knight, page 231

Questions about municipal boroughs

What is municipal boroughs the plural of?
Municipal boroughs is the plural of municipal borough.

Words near municipal boroughs in the dictionary

  1. Munichites
  2. municide
  3. municides
  4. municipal
  5. municipal borough
  6. municipal boroughs
  7. municipal corporation
  8. municipal corporations
  9. municipal engineering
  10. municipal flag
  11. municipal flags

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