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Meaning of 'headborrow' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Headborrow [ n.]
- The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder.
- A petty constable.

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