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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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
The dispute came at a bad time, because there was also a quarrel among the ealdormen and other great men.
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
The king could not control the ealdormen, and the ealdormen could not control the king.
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
The great ealdormen were to be conciliated, not to be repressed.
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
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
