'Borsholder' definitions:

Definition of 'Borsholder'

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  • Borsholder \Bors"hold`er\, n. [OE. borsolder; prob. fr. AS. borg, gen. borges, pledge + ealdor elder. See Borrow, and Elder, a.] (Eng. Law) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. --Spelman. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'borsholder'

From: GCIDE
  • Headborough \Head"bor*ough\ Headborrow \Head"bor*row\(h[e^]d"b[u^]r*[-o]), n.
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]