Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parliamentary borough

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: par-lia-men-tary bor-ough
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of town or settlement that was granted the right to elect one or more representatives (burgesses or Members of Parliament) to the House of Commons.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

parliamentary boroughs (plural)

Questions

What does parliamentary borough mean?: A type of town or settlement that was granted the right to elect one or more representatives (burgesses or Members of Parliament) to the House of Commons.

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