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alderman
al·der·man E0002300 (ôl′dər-mən)n.1. A member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city in many jurisdictions.2. A member of the higher branch of the municipal or borough council in England and Ireland before 1974.3. a. A noble of high rank or authority in Anglo-Saxon England.b. The chief officer of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
[Middle English, a person of high rank, from Old English ealdorman : ealdor, elder, chief (from eald, old; see al- in Indo-European roots) + man, man; see man.]
al′der·man·cy (-sē) n.al′der·man′ic (-măn′ĭk) adj.alderman (ˈɔːldəmən) n, pl -men1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in England and Wales until 1974) one of the senior members of a local council, elected by other councillors2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US, Canada, Australia, etc) a member of the governing body of a municipality3. (Historical Terms) history a variant spelling of ealdorman Abbreviations (for senses 1, 2): Ald or Aldm [Old English aldormann, from ealdor chief (comparative of eald old) + mann man] aldermanic adj ˈaldermanry n ˈaldermanˌship nal•der•man (ˈɔl dər mən)
n., pl. -men. 1. (in the U.S., Canada, and Australia) a member of a municipal legislative body, esp. of a municipal council. 2. (in England) one of the members, chosen by the elected councilors, in a borough or county council. 3. (in medieval England) a. a chief. b. (later) the chief magistrate of a county or group of counties. [before 900; Old English (e)aldormann=ealdor chief, patriarch (eald old + -or n. suffix) + mann man] al`der•man′ic (-ˈmæn ɪk) adj. usage: See -man. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  alderman - a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"representative - a person who represents others |
TranslationsAlderman
ALDERMAN. An officer, generally appointed or elected in towns corporate, orcities, possessing various powers in different places.
2. The aldermen of the cities of Pennsylvania, possess all the powersand jurisdictions civil and criminal of justices of the peace. They arebesides, in conjunction with the respective mayors or recorders, judges ofthe mayor's courts.
3. Among the Saxons there was an officer called the ealderman.ealdorman, or aldernwn, which appellation signified literally elderman. Likethe Roman senator, he was so called, not on account of his age, but becauseof his wisdom and dignity, non propter oetatem sed propter sapientism etdignitatem. He presided with the bishop at the scyregemote, and was, exofficio, a member of the witenagemote. At one time he was a militaryofficer, but afterwards his office was purely judicial.
4. There were several kinds of aldermen, as king's aldermen, aldermenof all England, aldermen of the county, aldermen of the hundred, &c., todenote difference of rank and jurisdiction. AcronymsSeeALDalderman
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