(chiefly historical)a co-opted member of an English county or borough council, next in status to the Mayor (主 史)高级市政官(地位次于市长的英格兰郡或区政务会成员) ■(N. Amer. & Austral.)an elected member of a city council (北美,澳)市政委员会委员
派生 aldermanic adjective aldermanship noun 语源
Old English aldormann (originally in the general sense 'a man of high rank'), from aldor, ealdor 'chief, patriarch' (from ald 'old') + manLater the sense 'warden of a guild' arose; then, as the guilds became identified with the ruling municipal body, 'local magistrate, municipal officer'