ALDERMAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

Example:

aldermen usually represent city wards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("alderman" is a kind of...):

representative (a person who represents others)

Derivation:

aldermanic; aldermanly (of or relating to or like an alderman)