alderman

alderman
(pl. -men)
  1. (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
  1. 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'
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