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Headborrow
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A petty constable.
(2):
(n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; - called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Headborrow'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/headborrow.html. 1828.