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county borough

noun

Etymology

From county + borough. They were introduced by the Local Government Act of 1888, originally requiring 50,000 inhabitants.

  1. inherited from *burgz✻ — “stronghold, city”
  2. inherited from *burg✻
  3. inherited from burh
  4. inherited from borwe
  5. compounded as county borough — “county + borough”

Definitions

  1. A borough (or town), in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, whose government is…

    A borough (or town), in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, whose government is independent of its local county council.

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