borough-holder
(ˈbʌrəˌhəʊldə(r))
[f. borough + holder.]
In certain Yorkshire boroughs: A person who holds property by burgage tenure: see borough 4. Modern dictionaries explain the word as = borsholder; possibly this is the meaning in quot. 1738.
| 1712 Lond. Gaz. No. 5036/3 The humble Address of the Mayor..Aldermen and Assistants of the..Borough of Rippon..and of several Gentlemen and Borough-holders. 1738 Hist. Crt. Excheq. ii. 27 The King's Borrough-Holders in every County. |