Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - alderman
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Alderman
alderman
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ealdorman, from ealdor parent (from eald old) + man — more at old Date: before 12th century 1. a person governing a kingdom, district, or shire as viceroy for an Anglo-Saxon king 2. a. a magistrate formerly ranking next below the mayor in an English or Irish city or borough b. a high-ranking member of a borough or county council in Ireland or formerly in England chosen by elected members 3. a member of a city legislative body • ~ic adjective
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n. (pl. -men) 1 esp. hist. a co-opted member of an English county or borough council, next in dignity to the Mayor. 2 US & Austral. the elected governor of a city. Derivatives aldermanic adj. aldermanship n. Etymology: OE aldor patriarch f. ald old + MAN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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олдермен 1) Член местного законодательного собрания в некоторых штатах (от древнеангл. слова "ealdorman" = пожилой человек) 2) член верхней палаты двухпалатного городского совета city council ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. олдермен (старший советник муниципалитета в Лондоне); член совета графства (в Англии и Уэльсе) 2. ам. олдермен, член совета района 3. ист. олдермен; наместник, правитель 4. ист. глава гильдин Id: to walk an aldermans' pace —- важно выступать, шествовать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(aldermen) 1. In some parts of the United States and Canada, an alderman is a member of the governing body of a city. N-COUNT; N-TITLE 2. Until 1974 in England and Wales, an alderman was a senior member of a local council who was elected by other councillors. N-COUNT; N-TITLE ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a member of a town or city council in the US 2 an important member of a town council in Britain in the past ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. aldormonn (Mercian), ealdormann (W.Saxon), from aldor, ealder "patriarch" (comparative of ald "old") + monn, mann "man." A relic of the days when the elders were automatically in charge. The word yielded in O.E. to eorl, and after the Norman Conquest to count (n.). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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