Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

police burgh

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: po-lice burgh
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A burgh of a kind that existed from 1833 to 1975, constituted by the sheriff for purposes of improvement and police, the local authority being the police commissioners.

Inflected Forms

police burghs (plural)

Questions

What does police burgh mean?: A burgh of a kind that existed from 1833 to 1975, constituted by the sheriff for purposes of improvement and police, the local authority being the police commissioners.

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