Значение

значений: 5
  1. A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.

    Schöffe

    о́лдерменóldermen

    a male member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

  2. A long pipe for smoking.

  3. (США, сленг)A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch, a potbelly.

  4. Synonym of starosta

  5. (Британия, историческое, устаревшее, сленг)A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.

Примеры

предложений: 6
  1. I've been an alderman for five years.

    deIch gehöre seit fünf Jahren dem Stadtrat an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I think they're aldermen or something.

  3. Tom is one of our aldermen.

  4. Tom is an alderman for our town.

  5. Vote Tom Jackson for alderman.

Переводы

языков: 7
Русский
По значениям 1
member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town:

Происхождение

From Middle English alderman, aldermon, from Old English ealdorman, ealdormann, from ealdo

From Middle English alderman, aldermon, from Old English ealdorman, ealdormann, from ealdor (“elder, parent, chief, prince, author”) + mann (“person”). Doublet of ealdorman.

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Формы

мн. число: aldermen
Ед. числоalderman
Мн. числоaldermen

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Синонимы

синонимов: 2

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 11

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соседние слова
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