alderman
A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or townA member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
» I've been an alderman for five years.
Ich gehöre seit fünf Jahren dem Stadtrat an.
Meaning
5 sensesA 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)
A long pipe for smoking.
(US, slang)A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch, a potbelly.
Synonym of starosta
(UK, historical, obsolete, slang)A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
Examples
6 sentencesI've been an alderman for five years.
deIch gehöre seit fünf Jahren dem Stadtrat an.
I think they're aldermen or something.
Tom is one of our aldermen.
Tom is an alderman for our town.
Vote Tom Jackson for alderman.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English alderman, aldermon, from Old English ealdorman, ealdormann, from ealdoFrom 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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Forms
plural: aldermenSynonyms
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11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular