alderman.
A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
Meaning & usage
A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
A long pipe for smoking.
A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch, a potbelly.
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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