Usually means: Seller of parliamentary seats, influence.
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  5. Boroughmonger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. boroughmonger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Boroughmonger: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. boroughmonger: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  (historical) In the unreformed House of Commons, one who bought or sold the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

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