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BOROUGH ENGLISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("borough English" is a kind of...):
heritage; inheritance (that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner)
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