A fortified town; a town possessing municipal organization (cf. Old English burhwaru body of citizens); more generally, any inhabited place larger…

An inhabited place which is larger than a village, contains more businesses and amenities, and typically has more complete and independent local…

A town; spec. a walled town, a market town. Now historical except in portreeve, n. and in place and street names (cf. port-way, n.1).

Esp. with reference to biblical places, as Nain, Bethlehem, etc.: a town or other inhabited place. Obsolete.

= borough, n. (in various senses; used esp. with reference to places outside Britain). In later use chiefly in French and French-speaking contexts…

Used for borough. by Scottish writers in speaking of foreign towns.

A town.

A town, city, or suburb; a district or quarter within a town.