Definitions
Member of a municipal council or local legislative body.
Word origin
From Middle English alderman, aldermon, from Old English ealdorman, ealdormann, from ealdor (“elder, parent, chief, prince, author”) + mann (“person”). Doublet of ealdorman.
Used in a sentence
“The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.”
“In one part of Cockaigne an amalgamation of these two last has lately taken place; and the pleasure experienced by the parishioners of Walbrook is unbounded when smoking an alderman and churchwarden.”
“The chief man of a vollost is a Zasidatil; the chief man of a village is a Starosta, or alderman.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Municipal official”8 letters
02“City councilor”8 letters
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