BOROUGH ENGLISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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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