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Noun: rotten borough  'ró-t(u)n 'bu-row
  1. A parliamentary constituency in pre-reform England that had very few voters but still elected members to Parliament
    "The Reform Act of 1832 eliminated many rotten boroughs"

Derived forms: rotten boroughs

Type of: borough

Encyclopedia: Rotten borough