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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
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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