| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bor·ough-Eng·lish |
| PRONUNCIATION: | bûr  - ngglsh, b r- |
| NOUN: | An old custom in certain English boroughs whereby the right to inherit an estate intestate went to the youngest son or, in default of male issue, to the youngest brother. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Partial translation of Anglo-Norman tenure en burgh Engloys, tenure in an English borough. See borough.
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