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Definition: Alderman |
AldermanNoun1. A member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "alderman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Note: Alderman \Al"der*man\ ([add]l"d[~e]r*man), noun; plural Aldermen. [from Anglo-Saxon expression aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder man. See Elder, noun.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | ALDERMAN, n. An ingenious criminal who covers his secret thieving with a pretence of open marauding. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
19th Century Satire | A political office known as the Crook's Road to Wealth. From Eng. all, and Greek derma, meaning skin--"all skin." Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Literature | Alderman One of the seniors or elders. Now applied to a class of magistrates in corporate towns. In London an alderman is the chief magistrate in a ward appointed by election. There are also aldermen of the Country Council. A turkey is called an alderman, both from its presence in aldermanic feast, and also because of its red and purple colours about the head and neck, which make it a sort of poultry alderman. An alderman in chains, by a similar effort of wit, is a turkey hung with sausages. Alderman (An) A burglar's tool; a crowbar for forcing safes. So called from the high rank it holds with burglars. Alderman (An) A cant term for half-a-crown. An alderman as chief magistrate is half a king in his own ward; and half a crown is half a king. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | ALDERMAN. A roasted turkey garnished with sausages; the latter are supposed to represent the gold chain worn by those magistrates. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The title is Anglo-Saxon in origin, literally meaning "elder-man", and was used by the chief nobles presiding over shires.
Members of higher branches of municipal or borough councils in England used the title prior to 1974. The title continues to be used in the Republic of Ireland, being used by the first person elected in a multi-seat local government ward.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alderman."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| Ald. | English | Alderman | N/A |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Council | Member; senator; member of parliament, M.P.; councilor, representative of the people; assemblyman, congressman; councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder. |
Master | Mayor, mayoralty; prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic; alcalde, alcaid; burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve; lord mayor; officer; (executive); dewan, fonctionnaire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Alderman |
| English words defined with "alderman": Aldermancy, aldermanic, Aldermanity, Aldermanlike, aldermanly, Aldermanry, Aldermanship, Aldermen ♦ Bailie, Bencher ♦ Ealdorman, Earldorman, Eschevin ♦ Jurat ♦ Podesta. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alderman": BANDIT ♦ Lady Magistrate ♦ refusal. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Alderman" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (alderman), German (alderman). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Alderman John Sterling (1912) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Plant pathologist Stephen Alderman (left) and Bill Pfender compare rust-resistant tall fescue (in top of magnifying lens) with a susceptible variety. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Brian Prechtel. |  | Signal lamp instruction for Signalmen, during training for Mason's crew at the Norfolk Naval Training Station, Virginia, 3 January 1944. Instructor is SM1c Ernest V. Alderman (left). Trainees are (left to right): SM2c Lorenzo A. Dufu, SM2c Julius Holmes, SM1c William M. Jones. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Signalman 1st Class Ernest V. Alderman, USNR, (right) explains various parts of a signal lamp to SM2c Julius Holmes, during training for Mason's crew at Norfolk Naval Training Station, Virginia, 3 January 1944. Credit: NAVY. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Thomas Somerville | A genius can't be forced; nor can you make an ape an alderman. |
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Economic History | Belgium | Many national politicians have a political base in a municipality, often doubling as mayor or alderman in their hometowns. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; as an elderly maiden's hand in marriage, to a rich and handsome suitor; a valuable franchise to a rich corporation, by an alderman; absolution to an impenitent king, by a priest, and so forth. Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive. |
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| "Alderman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.77% of the time. "Alderman" is used about 156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 55.77% | 87 | 35,390 |
| Noun (proper) | 44.23% | 69 | 40,280 |
| Total | 100.00% | 156 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "alderman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Alderman | Last name | 4,000 | 2,815 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "alderman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | anëtar i këshillit bashkiak. (various references) | |
Arabic | مساعد العمدة, والي (magistrate), حاكم يتولى أدارة إقليم, عضو بلدية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | управител на област, член на градския съвет. (various references) | |
Chinese | 市议员 (Aldermen). (various references) | |
Czech | radní (councillor, elder). (various references) | |
Danish | raadmand (deputy mayor), en viceborgmester (deputy mayor). (various references) | |
Dutch | wethouder, schepen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | skabeno. (various references) | |
French | adjoint au maire, échevin. (various references) | |
German | Stadtrat (city council, selectman, town council), Schöffe (juror, lay assessor). (various references) | |
Greek | δημοτικόσ σύμβουλοσ (coyncilman, selectman), δημοτικός σύμβουλος (councillor). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חבר עירי". (various references) | |
Hungarian | városatya (aldermen, town councillor). (various references) | |
Italian | assessore comunale (deputy mayor), assessore (assessor), vicesindaco (deputy mayor), membro dell'amministrazione comunale. (various references) | |
Korean | 시의회 의원 (Aldermen, Bailie). (various references) | |
Manx | shanstyr (presbytery, senate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aldermanay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vereador (assemblyman, city councilman). (various references) | |
Romanian | consilier municipal (Bailie). (various references) | |
Russian | ольдермен (aldermen), олдермен. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gradski većnik. (various references) | |
Spanish | teniente (lieutenant), concejal (councillor, selectman, town council). (various references) | |
Swedish | rådman (judge of a district court, magistrate), ålderman (bailie). (various references) | |
Turkish | belediye meclisi üyesi (jurat, selectman, town councilor). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | олдермен, намісник, правитель (governor, gubernator, prince, ruler, sovereign, warden). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | uỷ viên hội đ"ng th nh phố (town councillor), uỷ viên hội đ"ng khu ở Anh. (various references) | |
Welsh | henadur. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "alderman": aldermanic. (additional references) | |
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"Alderman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aiderman, aldeman, Aldermanni, Aldlerman, Allemann, Altromin, ealderman, eldermen, Faderman, kaldorian, ladderman, laddermen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "alderman" (pronounced ô"ldermun or a"ldermun) |
| 4 | -er m u n | Letterman, lobsterman, overman, timberman, Waterman, watermen. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Liman, Lineman, linemen, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
| 4 | -er m u n | Letterman, lobsterman, overman, timberman, Waterman, watermen. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Liman, Lineman, linemen, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-l-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: adrenal, alarmed, leadman, mandrel. | |
-2 letters: almner, anadem, damner, darnel, dermal, lander, maenad, marled, medlar, remand. | |
-3 letters: adman, admen, aland, alane, alarm, alder, amend, anear, areal, arena, armed, daman, damar, denar, derma, drama, dream, eland, laden, lader, lamed, lamer, learn, leman, madre, malar, maned, medal, menad, naled, named, namer, ramen, realm, redan, reman, renal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-l-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: dreamland, ealdorman. | |
+2 letters: aldermanic, alderwoman, calamander, dreamlands, mainlander, salamander. | |
+3 letters: calamanders, candelabrum, intradermal, lamebrained, mainlanders, salamanders, transdermal. | |
+4 letters: candelabrums, departmental, marginalized, salamandrine. | |
+5 letters: administrable, admirableness, adrenalectomy, aerodynamical, deformational, determinantal, deuteranomaly, intradermally, maladminister, maladroitness, mistranslated, scandalmonger, underclassman. | |
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