Home › Words › B › boroughhoodboroughhoodboroughhood means the state of being a borough.EtymologyFrom borough + -hood.nounThe state of being a boroughe.g.“In the days of its close boroughhood, it had owned but one mind, and that a little one ; it had now a thousand ; and each, in its own conceit, gigantic.” — 1850, Catherine Grace Frances, The Hamiltons, or, Official life in 1830, page 353:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.burgherhood 68% match — The role or status of burgher. vs boroughhood →villagehood 64% match — The state of being a village. vs boroughhood →burgess 63% match — An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen. vs boroughhood →boroughmongery 63% match — The practices of a boroughmonger. vs boroughhood →boroughhead 63% match — A headborough. vs boroughhood →countyhood 63% match — The state of being a county. vs boroughhood →districthood 63% match — The state of being a district. vs boroughhood →burghal 62% match — Relating to a burgh or borough. vs boroughhood →