← Back to search

Meaning of boroughmonger | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

In the unreformed House of Commons, one who bought or sold the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

historical

Examples

“Whig and radical newspapers pilloried them as allies of boroughmongers, maintainers of graft and corruption and bribery, enemies of liberty and the civil rights of Englishmen.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

boroughmongering boroughmongery boroughreeve Boroughs borovička Borovkov