单词 | echevin |
释义 | echevinn. A municipal functionary in French and Belgian towns, corresponding nearly to an English alderman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > European magistrates schepen1480 scabine1526 consul1583 capitoul1607 echevin1670 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. ii. 49 The Eschevins of Paris. 1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour I. 79 The eschevins or aldermen form a court of justice here as in every town. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy (1797) 17 The civil magistracy of Boulogne consists of a mayor and echevins. 1881 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 81 A highly connected echevin or alderman of Ghent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1670 |
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