ealdorman
noun
obsolete spellings of alderman.
ealdormen
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pluralof ealdorman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Its bishops had sat side by side with the ealdormen or earls in the shire-moots, and in the Witenagemot itself.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
He now called on all the shires to furnish ships for a fleet; but he could not trust his ealdormen.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Before the end of Eadred's reign there were ealdormen who ruled over many shires.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Its Witenagemot or meeting of wise men was the host's council of war, the gathering of those ealdormen who had brought the men of their villages to the field.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by John Richard Green
Witenagemot, wit′e-na-ge-mōt′, n. the supreme council of England in Anglo-Saxon times, composed of the bishops, the ealdormen of shires, and a number of the king's friends and dependents, the king's thanes.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
