alderman

Significado (Inglés)

1. A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
2. (UK, historical, obsolete, slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
3. A long pipe for smoking.
4. (US, slang) A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch, a potbelly.

Sinónimos

mayor

councilor

governor

nobleman

ruler

selectman

councillor

coyncilman

Traducións

concejal

échevin

schepen

wethouder

vereador

conseiller

conseiller municipal

Stadtrat

alderman

concejal municipal

عضو مجلس محلّيّ

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Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: alderman

Herdado de Old English: ealdorman

In summary

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