ROTTEN BOROUGH

Meaning of ROTTEN BOROUGH in English

noun

: an election district that has many fewer inhabitants than other election districts with the same voting power — compare pocket borough

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ROTTEN BOROUGH — noun Date: 1784 an election district that has many fewer inhabitants than other election districts with the same voting power
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROTTEN BOROUGH — 1. (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROTTEN BOROUGH — Date: 1784 : an election district that has many fewer inhabitants than other election districts with the same voting power
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROTTEN BOROUGH — Function: noun Date: 1784 : an election district that has many fewer inhabitants than other election districts with the same …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ROTTEN BOROUGH — ■ noun Brit. (before the Reform Act of 1832) a borough that was able to elect an MP though having …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ROTTEN BOROUGH — [rotten borough] n (1812): an election district that has many fewer inhabitants than other election districts with the same voting …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROTTEN BOROUGH — depopulated election district that retains its original representation. The term was first applied by English parliamentary reformers of the early …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROTTEN BOROUGH — гнилое местечко (обезлюдевший в конце 18 в. и в начале 19 в. избирательный округ в небольших городах и деревнях; в …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
ROTTEN BOROUGH — Гнилые местечки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ROTTEN BOROUGH — _ист. гнилое местечко
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ROTTEN BOROUGH — гнилое местечко
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ROTTEN BOROUGH — гнилое местечко
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ROTTEN BOROUGH — _ист. гнилое местечко
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ROTTEN BOROUGH — ист. гнилое местечко
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ROTTEN BOROUGH — истор. «гнилое местечко» (город, фактически уже не существовавший, но продолжавший посылать депутатов в парламент)
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
ROTTEN BOROUGH — полит "гнилое местечко" Штат или округ, обладающий непропорционально большим представительством в выборных органах власти при небольшой численности населения. Англицизм (в Великобритании такие …
ROTTEN BOROUGH — полит. "гнилое местечко" Штат или округ, обладающий непропорционально большим представительством в выборных органах власти при небольшой численности населения. Англицизм (в …
ROTTEN BOROUGH — "гнилое местечко" (обезлюдевший в конце 18 в. и в начале 19 в. избирательный округ в небольших городах и деревнях; в …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
BOROUGH — County: Greater London Post Code: SE1
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
BOROUGH — borgo
English interlingue dictionary
BOROUGH — noun see: barrow Date: before 12th century 1. a medieval fortified group of houses forming a town with special duties …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROTTEN — I. ˈrät ə n adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOROUGH — I. ˈbər.(ˌ)ō, ˈbər.ə, ˈbə.(ˌ)rō, ˈbə.rə, often -r.əw or -.rəw+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English burgh, burwe, borugh, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROTTEN — (a.) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone.
Английский словарь Webster
ROTTEN — (a.) Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.
Английский словарь Webster
BOROUGH — (n.) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
Английский словарь Webster
ROTTEN — ( a. ) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROTTEN — ( a. ) Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BOROUGH — ( n. ) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROTTEN — — rottenly , adv. — rottenness , n. /rot"n/ , adj., rottener, rottenest . 1. decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROTTEN — I. ˈrä-t ə n adjective Etymology: Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn; akin to Old English rotian to rot …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROTTEN — adj offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. 2. rotten ·adj having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. …
Webster English vocab
BOROUGH — noun the pledge or surety thus given. 2. borough ·noun the collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; …
Webster English vocab
ROTTEN — [rot.ten] adj [ME roten, fr. ON rotinn; akin to OE rotian to rot] (13c) 1: having rotted: putrid 2: morally …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOROUGH — in Great Britain, incorporated town with special privileges or a district entitled to elect a member of Parliament. The medieval …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROTTEN — rotten BrE AmE ˈrɒt ə n AmE ˈrɑːt ə n ▷ rotten|er ə AmE ə r ▷ rotten|est ɪst əst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BOROUGH — borough BrE AmE ˈbʌr ə AmE \ ˈbɝː oʊ (*) ▷ borough|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROTTEN — / ˈrɒtn; NAmE ˈrɑːtn/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective 1. ( of food, wood, etc. ) that has decayed and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOROUGH — / ˈbʌrə; NAmE ˈbɜːroʊ/ noun a town or part of a city that has its own local government : the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROTTEN — I. rot ‧ ten 1 /ˈrɒtn $ ˈrɑːtn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOROUGH — bo ‧ rough /ˈbʌrə $ -roʊ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: burg 'castle, town defended …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROTTEN — adj. (rottener, rottenest) 1 rotting or rotted; falling to pieces or liable to break or tear from age or use. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOROUGH — n. 1 Brit. a a town represented in the House of Commons. b a town or district granted the status …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROTTEN — adj. (rottener, rottenest) 1 rotting or rotted; falling to pieces or liable to break or tear from age or use. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOROUGH — n. 1 Brit. a a town represented in the House of Commons. b a town or district granted the status …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROTTEN — adj. (rottener, rottenest) 1. rotting or rotted; falling to pieces or liable to break or tear from age or use. …
Oxford English vocab
BOROUGH — n.1 Brit. a a town represented in the House of Commons. b a town or district granted the status of …
Oxford English vocab
ROTTEN — 1. If food, wood, or another substance is rotten , it has decayed and can no longer be used. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOROUGH — ( boroughs) A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council. ...the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROTTEN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a terrible/poor/rotten liar (= who does not tell believable lies ) ▪ You're a rotten …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOROUGH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES borough council COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE inner ▪ There is, too, a grant to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOROUGH — Synonyms and related words : Kreis, Stadt, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, bailiwick, banlieue, bishopric, boom town, bourg, burg, burgh, canton, city, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOROUGH — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ county , metropolitan ( both in the UK ) ▪ outer BOROUGH + NOUN ▪ council , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ROTTEN — adj. 25B6; adjective rotten meat : DECAYING, rotting, bad, off, decomposing, putrid, putrescent, perished, mouldy, mouldering, mildewy, rancid, festering, fetid; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOROUGH — 1) небольшой город, посёлок городского типа (имеющий в соответствии с королевской хартией [royal charter] муниципальный совет (borough council) 2) город, …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
ROTTEN — adj. 1 rotted, decayed, decomposed, decomposing, putrid, putrescent, putrescing, mouldy, mouldering, spoilt or spoiled, mildewed, rancid, fetid or foetid, stale, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ROTTEN — прил. 1) а) гнилой, прогнивший; испортившийся, испорченный, тухлый rotten eggs ≈ тухлые яйца Syn : putrid, decomposed б) непрочный, слабый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOROUGH — сущ. 1) городок, небольшой город 2) амер. один из пяти районов Нью-Йорка 3) административная единица Аляски городок, местечко, населенный пункт …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROTTEN — rotten.ogg ʹrɒtn a 1. 1> гнилой, прогнивший; испорченный, тухлый rotten trunk - гнилой /трухлявый/ ствол rotten egg meat - тухлое …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOROUGH — borough.ogg ʹbʌrə n 1. 1> городок, местечко, населённый пункт Parliamentary borough - город, представленный в английском парламенте close /pocket/ borough …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BOROUGH — borough сущ.1) городок, небольшой город 2) амер. один из пяти районов Нью-Йорка 3) административная единица Аляски
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ROTTEN — a 1. 1> гнилой, прогнивший; испорченный, тухлый rotten trunk - гнилой /трухлявый/ ствол rotten egg meat - тухлое яйцо мясо …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary

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