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alderman.

A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔːldəmən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɒl-/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔldəɹmən/US/ˈɑldəɹmən/General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal
  1. A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.

  2. A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.

    UK · historical · obsolete · slang
  3. A long pipe for smoking.

  4. A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch, a potbelly.

    US · slang
  5. Synonym of starosta

Where this word comes from

From Middle English alderman, aldermon, from Old English ealdorman, ealdormann, from ealdor (“elder, parent, chief, prince, author”) + mann (“person”). Doublet of ealdorman.

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