Roxburgh [roks-bur-oh, -buhr-oh or, esp. British, -bruh] EXAMPLES| noun a historic county in SE Scotland. Liberaldictionary.com
Also called Rox·burgh·shire [roks-bur-oh-sheer, -sher, -buhr-, -bruh-] /ˈrɒks bɜr oʊˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -bʌr-, -brə-/. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for roxburghshire Historical Examples of roxburghshire
She is a Mrs. Cockburn; I forget of what place; but from Roxburghshire.
Robert Burns
William Brockie was born in the parish of Smailholm, Roxburghshire.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI
Various
Her father, an operative gardener, removed in 1842 to Torwoodlee, Roxburghshire.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI
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His recovery was completed by another visit to Roxburghshire.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)
John Gibson Lockhart
Linton Church, Roxburghshire, is old, but has been restored and renewed.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys
Dugald Butler and Herbert Story
British Dictionary definitions for roxburghshire Roxburghshire noun (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland, now part of Scottish Borders council area Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012