About The Word Alderman
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Alderman
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What's The Definition Of Alderman?
[n] a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Alderman: Related Terms | Find terms related to Alderman: archon | assemblyman | bailie | burghermaster | burgomaster | cabinet member | cabinet minister | chancellor | chosen freeholder | city councilman | city father | city manager | commissar | commissioner | congressman | congresswoman | councillor | councilman | councilwoman | county commissioner | county supervisor | elder | floor leader | headman | induna | lawgiver | lawmaker | legislator | lord mayor | magistrate | maire | majority leader | mayor | Member of Congress | Member of Parliament | minister | minister of state | minority leader | MP | party whip | portreeve | reeve | representative | secretary | secretary of state | selectman | senator | solon | state senator | supervisor | syndic | undersecretary | warden | whip See Also | representative Alderman In Webster's Dictionary \Al"der*man\ ([add]l"d[~e]r*man), n.; pl. {Aldermen}.
[AS. aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder + man. See {Elder},
n.]
1. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. [Obs.]
Note: The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to
princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding
magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying
superior wisdom or authority. Thus Ethelstan, duke of
the East-Anglians, was called Alderman of all England;
and there were aldermen of cities, counties, and
castles, who had jurisdiction within their respective
districts.
3. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order
to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may,
in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and
administrative functions.
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