borsholder
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English borsolder, probably from borges (“pledge's”) + ealdor (“elder”). Compare borrow and elder.
Noun
borsholder (plural borsholders)
- (historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.
- (historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: a peace officer or underconstable.
References
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “borsholder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)