Headborough
Pronunciation : Head"bor*ough
Part of Speech : Head"bor*row
Definition : 1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] Blackstone.
2. (Modern Law)
Defn: A petty constable. [Eng.]
n.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913