alderwoman

American  

[awl-der-woom-uhn] / ˈɔl dərˌwʊm ən /

noun

• alderwomen
  plural

1. a woman who is a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.

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Gender

Is it alderwoman or alderperson? See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• alderwomen
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of alderwoman

First recorded in 1550–60, for earlier sense; alder(man) + -woman

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Example Sentences

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alderwoman alderwomen

Fabian Nelson, a 38-year-old realtor from Byram, prevailed over Roshunda Harris-Allen, an education professor at Tougaloo College and alderwoman in Byram.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

Taylor has known Johnson for 20 years and would meet with him monthly — she as an alderwoman and he as a county commissioner — to share insights and support.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

The city’s 33rd ward had been in alderwoman Deborah Mell’s family for the past 44 years.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2019

“We don’t know what it’s going to do,” said Lora Cutrer, an alderwoman in Pearl River.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2016

An alderman has no necessary feminine, not even alderwoman, but Mayor makes Mayoress.

From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Israel Zangwill

Monahan has the authority to discipline and even dismiss the police chief on his own, but the mayor and aldermen and alderwomen will certainly be made privy to the investigation and the eventual recommendations.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2020

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