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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An election district having only a few voters but the same voting power as other more populous districts.
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- noun archaic A
borough that was represented inParliament although it had very few voters.
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- noun an English parliamentary constituency with few electors
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