boroughmonger

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In the unreformed House of Commons, one who bought or sold the parliamentary seats of boroughs. historical
    — 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.

词形变化

boroughmongers plural

词源

From borough + monger.
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