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Definition of Alderman
1. Noun. A member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council). "Aldermen usually represent city wards"
Definition of Alderman
1. n. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
Definition of Alderman
1. Noun. A member of several municipal legislative bodies in a city or town. ¹
2. Noun. (1811) A roasted turkey, called an ''alderman in chains'' or an ''alderman hung in chains'' if garnished with sausages. (1811 ''Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue'') ¹
3. Noun. (slang) A man's potbelly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alderman
1. a member of a municipal legislative body [n ALDERMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alderman
Literary usage of Alderman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"His Majesty proposed that alderman Clayton, a very troublesome agitator, ...
alderman Clayton was a bad subject, but alderman Cornish was still more ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"alderman (trying to make things as agreeable at possible). ... Is that an excuse
under the Act r alderman (sighing »otto voce, then trying to appear at ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"I conclude he does, as a little lower down he calls alderman Gill “ Mr. Gyll,”
and would probably on the same principle contend that, bad the worthy ..."
4. The Gilds and Companies of London by George Unwin (1908)
"2 marks The gild of Haliwell of which Henry Fitz Godron is alderman owes 20
shillings The gild of Bridge of which Thomas Cook is alderman owes i mark The ..."
5. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1900)
"... that what brother at ys chosen alderman, and that office refuseth, ...
that whosoever ys chosen to be the newe alderman, that he shall chose and ..."
6. The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington by Richard Robert Madden (1855)
"She fell on a slope land, Said alderman Copeland. That duke !Sa roan sly.* Said
alderman Ansley. He looks with a queer eye, Said alderman Pirie. ..."
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