pocket borough meaning in Tamil
கைவயத் தொகுதி
pocket borough in Tamil: கைவயத் தொகுதி. In English, pocket borough means a borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the burgage tenements (whose occupants had the right to vote in the borough's parliamentary elections), since he could populate these tenements with his own supporters.
Tamil words for pocket borough
- கைவயத் தொகுதி
English meaning of pocket borough
- noun A borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the burgage tenements (whose occupants had the right to vote in the borough's parliamentary elections), since he could populate these tenements with his own supporters.
Synonyms of pocket borough
Questions about pocket borough in Tamil
- What is the meaning of pocket borough in Tamil?
- Pocket borough in Tamil is கைவயத் தொகுதி.
- pocket borough என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Pocket borough: கைவயத் தொகுதி.
- What does pocket borough mean in English?
- Pocket borough means a borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the burgage tenements (whose occupants had the right to vote in the borough's parliamentary elections), since he could populate these tenements with his own supporters.
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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: pocket borough (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pocket borough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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