"Burgh" is a word in ENGLISH

barangáy - A boat worked by oars; a ward of several families; a settlement, colony, district, village, borough of a …

An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.

The pledge or surety thus given.

In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, …

The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.

A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the …

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable.

In Saxon law. The borough's ealder, or headborough, supposed to be in the discreetest man in the borough, town, or …

In old English law. In-habitants of a burg us or borough; burgesses. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 6, $ 10

A borough.

A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; …

A name anciently given to a dwelling-house ln a borough town. Blount

A tenure by which lands in royal boroughs ln Scotland were held of the sovereign. The service was watching and …

In English law. one of the three species of free socage hold-lngs; a tenure whereby houses and lands which were …

In old Engllsh law. A term applied to a contribution towards the repair of castles or walls of defense, or …

A term anciently ap-plied to a castle or fortified place; a borough, (q. v.) Spelman

An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of …

One who represents a borough in Parliament.