单词 | wardman |
释义 | † wardmann. Obsolete. 1. In certain boroughs, a member of a select body of burgesses, representing the several wards, and empowered to choose municipal officers. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > member of local government council > town-councillor > one of select body in certain boroughs wardman1444 wardsmana1711 1444 Maldon (Essex) Liber A lf. 32v The xviii wardemen that day shall chese the newe baylees and other officers of the moste worthi men. 1467 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 43, No. 6v) All the wardemen ben acorded that John Parll the elder is put owt of ye ward. 2. In certain boroughs, the designation of an officer employed by the corporation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > [noun] sergeant1423 town officer1523 dozener1558 varlet1601 culler1663 rhingylla1722 wardman1792 town father1847 presidente1851 1792 W. Boys Coll. Hist. Sandwich 403 When the mayor goes in form to the court-hall,..he is preceded by the common wardman [L. communis serviens] and the two sergeants at mace. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. ii. 1043 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXIII. 133 [Officers of the corporation of Sandwich]. Town Clerk. Common Wardman. Serjeants at Mace. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iv. 2527 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXV. 1 The other Officers of the corporation [of Stamford] are a Gaoler... Collector of Stallage. Beadle and Wardman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1444 |
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