borough 音标拼音: [b'ɚ
, o]
n . 自治的市镇,区
自治的市镇,区
borough n 1 :
one of the administrative divisions of a large city 2 :
an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament Borough \
Bor "
ough \,
n . [
See {
Borrow }.] (
O .
Eng .
Law )
(
a )
An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other .
(
b )
The pledge or surety thus given . --
Blackstone .
Tomlins .
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1913 Webster ]
Borough \
Bor "
ough \,
n . [
OE .
burgh ,
burw ,
boru ,
port ,
town ,
burrow ,
AS .
burh ,
burg ;
akin to Icel .,
Sw ., &
Dan .
borg ,
OS .
&
D .
burg ,
OHG .
puruc ,
purc ,
MHG .
burc ,
G .
burg ,
Goth .
ba ['
u ]
rgs ;
and from the root of AS .
beorgan to hide ,
save ,
defend ,
G .
bergen ;
or perh .
from that of AS .
beorg hill ,
mountain . [
root ]
95 .
See {
Bury },
v .
t .,
and cf . {
Burrow },
{
Burg }, {
Bury },
n ., {
Burgess }, {
Iceberg }, {
Borrow }, {
Harbor },
{
Hauberk }.]
1 .
In England ,
an incorporated town that is not a city ;
also ,
a town that sends members to parliament ;
in Scotland ,
a body corporate ,
consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district ,
erected by the sovereign ,
with a certain jurisdiction ;
in America ,
an incorporated town or village ,
as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut . --
Burrill . --
Erskine .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough ;
as ,
the borough voted to lay a tax .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Close borough },
or {
Pocket borough },
a borough having the right of sending a member to Parliament ,
whose nomination is in the hands of a single person .
{
Rotten borough },
a name given to any borough which ,
at the time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832 ,
contained but few voters ,
yet retained the privilege of sending a member to Parliament .
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1913 Webster ]
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "
borough ":
Kreis ,
Stadt ,
archbishopric ,
archdiocese ,
arrondissement ,
bailiwick ,
banlieue ,
bishopric ,
boom town ,
bourg ,
burg ,
burgh ,
canton ,
city ,
close borough ,
commune ,
congressional district ,
constablewick ,
conurbation ,
county ,
departement ,
diocese ,
district ,
duchy ,
election district ,
electoral district ,
electorate ,
exurb ,
exurbia ,
faubourg ,
gerrymander ,
gerrymandered district ,
ghost town ,
government ,
greater city ,
hamlet ,
hundred ,
magistracy ,
market town ,
megalopolis ,
metropolis ,
metropolitan area ,
municipality ,
oblast ,
okrug ,
outskirts ,
parish ,
pocket borough ,
polis ,
precinct ,
principality ,
province ,
region ,
riding ,
rotten borough ,
safe district ,
sheriffalty ,
sheriffwick ,
shire ,
shrievalty ,
silk -
stocking district ,
single -
member district ,
soke ,
spread city ,
stake ,
state ,
suburb ,
suburbia ,
swing district ,
territory ,
town ,
township ,
urban complex ,
urban sprawl ,
urbs ,
village ,
ville ,
wapentake ,
ward
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Borough Borough of Kutztown – Kutztown, Pennsylvania