alderman
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aldermen, plural;
/ˈôldərmən/,
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aldermen, plural;
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An elected member of a municipal council
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(in England before 1974) A member of a county or borough council, next in status to the Mayor
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(in Anglo-Saxon England) A noble serving the king as a chief officer in a district or shire
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- a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"
- (aldermanic) of or relating to or like an alderman
- An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, or denote a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote.
- A member of several municipal legislative bodies in a city or town; A roasted turkey, called an alderman in chains or an alderman hung in chains if garnished with sausages. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue); A man's potbelly
- (aldermen) local government official
- (Aldermen) A member of an English county or borough, next in status to the Mayor
- Derived from O.E. ealdorman and surviving in urban usage to describe the holder of a senior civic office. ...
- the elected representative of a ward, a political subdivision of a city. In medieval times, the alderman presided over the ward's court call the Ward-Moots Court.
- senior councillor one position down from Mayor in the local council
- a senior member of a town council ranked below the Mayor, for example the famous Alderman Hewitt of Coventry!
- (sometimes aldormann or ealdorman) The title of one exercising authority under the king over a former kingdom, a district, or county; later supplanted by the term earl.
- (magazine) Published 8 April 1876