Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Borsholder \Bors"hold`er\, n. [OE. borsolder; prob. fr. AS.
   borg, gen. borges, pledge + ealdor elder. See {Borrow}, and
   {Elder}, a.] (Eng. Law)
   The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d
   {Borough}); the headborough; a parish constable. --Spelman.