HEADBOROUGH, noun hed'burro. In England, formerly, the chief of a frank-pledge, tithing or decennary, consisting of ten families; called in some counties, borsholder, that is, borough; s elder, and sometimes tithing man.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.