alderman

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al·der·man /ˈɔːldəmən $ ˈɒːldər-/ noun (plural aldermen /-mən/) [countable]  1. PGan elected member of a town or city council in the US 〔美国城镇的〕市议员2. PGan important member of a town council in Britain in the past 〔旧时英国市、镇的〕参事；高级市政官

Examples from the Corpus

alderman• Paul Sheridan, ward boss and alderman, begat Paul Sheridan, alderman.• Councillors and aldermen commanded grander funerals than those of guild liverymen, for their status was higher.• Many of the Daley aldermen are ward bosses.• Leroy had quit his ward organization to run against the regular candidate for alderman.• Labour gained one seat but lost two in the by-election following appointment of aldermen.• Often he is resignedly mutilated by sour aldermen, by painfully fat lord mayors, by put-upon railway porters.• In other eras, the aldermen ran the city and plundered it.Origin alderman Old English ealdorman “governor in Anglo-Saxon England”, from ealdor “parent” + man

al·der·man nounChineseSyllable  

town Corpus an city elected member or council of a

alderman
al‧der‧man /ˈɔːldəmən $ ˈɒːldər-/ noun (plural aldermen /-mən/) [countable]1. an elected member of a town or city council in the US
2. an important member of a town council in Britain in the past

al·der·manBrE /ˈɔːldəmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔːldərmən/ 🔊 noun (

plural

al·der·men BrE /ˈɔːldəmən/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɔːldərmən/ 🔊 ) (in England and Wales in the past) a senior member of a town, borough or county council, below the rank of a mayor , chosen by other members of the council （旧时英格兰和威尔士的）高级市政官（职位低于市长） (

feminine

al·der·woman,

plural

al·der·women BrE /ˈɔːldəwɪmɪn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɔːldərwɪmɪn/ 🔊 ) (in the US, Canada and Australia) an elected member of a town or city council （美国、加拿大、澳大利亚的）市政委员会委员◆Alderman Tim Evans市政委员会委员蒂姆 · 埃文斯