alderman
Meaning
- A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
- (UK, historical, obsolete, slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
- A long pipe for smoking.
- (US, slang) A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch, a potbelly.
Translations
échevin
schepen
vereador
Stadtrat
concejal municipal
عضو مجلس محلّيّ
belediye meclisi üyesi
edilFrequency
Etymology
In summary
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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