单词 | city ward |
释义 | city wardn.2 A ward or district of a city. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > administrative division of borough, town, or city ward1377 liberty1455 overward1485 out-parish1577 aldermanry1598 city ward1640 in-parisha1676 out-ward1701 1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 97 I will spare all discourse touching..the word, Alderman, both name, and office..and confine my selfe to speak of those onely set over our City Wards. 1757 Gentleman's & London Mag. Oct. 551 A number of Beds..in that part of the house, which is now called the city ward. 1771 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 191/1 The Common council of most of the City Wards..have paid their Compliments to his Lordship in the Tower. 1858 A. W. Young Citizen's Man. (new ed.) 308 Justices of the peace..are elected in each township, and in each city ward, for five years. 1890 Q. Rev. July 265 The lowest grade [of politician] is the ‘ward-heeler’, or hanger-on of the political head of the city ward in which he resides. 1929 Princeton Alumni Weekly 7 June 1050/1 Ten out of fourteen city wards were destroyed. 1987 Jet 5 Oct. 4/3 Governor Schaefer spent the final three days in the primary race touring the city wards. 2010 D. Bartels in S. Schröter Christianity in Indonesia ii. 255 Much of the fighting took place at the border with the neighbouring, predominantly Christian city ward of Mardika. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.21640 |
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