county borough
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| county borough | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and in Wales from 1996) a borough administered independently of any higher tier of local government |
| 2. | (in the Republic of Ireland) any of the four largest boroughs, governed independently of the administrative county around it by an elected council that constitutes an all-purpose authority |
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