alderman

See also: Alderman

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: al‧der‧man

Noun

alderman (plural aldermen)

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.
   • 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

     Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.

Derived terms

• aldermanic
• alderman in chains, alderman hung in chains

Synonyms

• baillie (Scotland)

Translations

member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town

• Czech: obecní starší m, radní (cs) m, konšel (cs) m,
• Dutch: wethouder (nl) m, schepen (nl) m,
• Esperanto: skabeno
• Finnish: valtuutettu (fi)
• French: échevin (fr) m, conseiller municipal (fr) m
• Greek: δημοτικός σύμβουλος m or f (dimotikós sýmvoulos)
• Ido: skabino (io)
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• Interlingue: ,
• Polish: ławnik (pl) m, radny (pl) m
• Portuguese: vereador (pt) m, vereadora f
• Romanian: consilier (ro) m, consilieră f
• Spanish: concejal (es) m or f, regidor (es) m or f
• Welsh: henadur m or f
• West Frisian: wethâlder (fy) c

See also

• Wikipedia article on Alderman (member of legislature)

Anagrams

• almander

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.dɛʁ.man/

Noun

alderman m (plural aldermans)

1. alderman

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• aldermon
• aldirmon

Noun

alderman m

1. alderman

Inflection

Declension of alderman (masculine consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	alderman	aldermen
genitive	aldermannes	aldermanna
dative	aldermanne	aldermannum, aldermannem
accusative	alderman	aldermen

Descendants

• West Frisian: âlderman