ALDERMAN

alderman

(noun) a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); “aldermen usually represent city wards”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Alderman

An English surname.

Anagrams

• almander, malander

Etymology

Noun

alderman (plural aldermen)

A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.

(UK, historical, obsolete slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.

Synonyms

• baillie (Scotland)

Anagrams

• almander, malander

Source: Wiktionary

Al"der*man, n.; pl. Aldplwmen. Etym: [AS. aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder + man. See Elder, n.]

1. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. [Obs.]

Note: The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus Ethelstan, duke of the East-Anglians, was called Alderman of all England; and there were aldermen of cities, counties, and castles, who had jurisdiction within their respective districts.

3. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition