alderman

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1. alderman - Noun

2. Alderman - Proper noun

Meaning

A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.

One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

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Every one knows that there are no real forests in England. The deer in the parks of the great are demurely domestic cattle, fat as London alderman. Karl Marx

I believe that almost all politicians are honest. For every bribed alderman there are hundreds of politicians, low paid or not paid at all, doing their level best without thanks or glory to make our system work. If this were not true, we would never have gotten past the thirteen colonies. Robert A. Heinlein

He took care to enjoy himself as long as life lasted. [N.B. A good epitaph for an alderman.]. Latin Proverb

aldermen usually represent city wards Source: Internet

1900s Edwin Alderman was UVA's first president between 1904 and 1931, and instituted many reforms toward modernization main Jefferson had originally decided that the University of Virginia would have no president. Source: Internet

Aitken persuaded him to run for alderman in the first Town Council of Chatham, and managed his campaign. Source: Internet

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