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alderman
[ awl-der-muhn ]
noun
- a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- (in England) one of the members, chosen by the elected councilors, in a borough or county council.
- Early English History.
- a chief.
- (later) the chief magistrate of a county or group of counties.
- Northern U.S. Slang. a pot belly.
alderman
- A member of a city council. Aldermen usually represent city districts, called wards, and work with the mayor to run the city government. Jockeying among aldermen for political influence is often associated with machine politics .
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Derived Forms
- ˈaldermanry, noun
- ˈaldermanˌship, noun
- aldermanic, adjective
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Other Words From
- alder·man·cy alder·man·ship noun
- al·der·man·ic [awl-der-, man, -ik], adjective
- under·alder·man noun plural underaldermen
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alderman1
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Example Sentences
Antonio French, a citizen journalist and alderman of the 21st ward in St. Louis, was also detained.
A New York alderman once said Petrosino “knocked out more teeth than a dentist.”
Dirk Johnson on the real winners—including an alderman rooting for a weak mayor.
Nobody, that is, except the lawyer who brought the case, Burt Odelson—and, according to whispers at City Hall, Alderman Burke.
It is a new day in Chicago, as one strutting alderman put it.
This was that Alderman Henry Smith whose tomb and effigy are so conspicuous in the parish church.
They lolled about the fire and ate, till even slim Henry Burns said he felt like an alderman.
The town was divided into five wards, each represented by an alderman, the aldermen alone being eligible for the mayoralty.
"We'll talk of this matter, sir," says Mr. Shum, looking as high and mighty as an alderman.
He was a very Alderman in embryo, if there are such things as coloured Aldermen.
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