HEADBOROUGH

headborough. Headborough, n. a kind of subordinate constable

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{ Head″bor‐ough Head″bor‐row } (hĕd″bŭr‐ō̍), n. 1. 1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; — called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. Blackstone.
2. 2. (Modern Law) A petty constable.