noun. A member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city in many jurisdictions.

noun. A member of the higher branch of the municipal or borough council in England and Ireland before 1974.

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noun. A noble of high rank or authority in Anglo-Saxon England.

noun. The chief officer of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.

noun. In the Anglo-Saxon period of English history, a title meaning at first simply chieftain or lord, but later used specifically to denote the chief magistrate of a county or group of counties.

noun. Hence In modern usage, a magistrate of a city or borough, next in rank to the mayor.

noun. In England, a half-crown: a meaning explained by Brewer as containing an allusion to the fact that an alderman is a sort of half-king.

noun. A turkey.

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

noun. 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.

noun. A member of several municipal legislative bodies in a city or town.

noun. A roasted turkey, called an alderman in chains or an alderman hung in chains if garnished with sausages. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)

noun. A man's potbelly.

noun. a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

"- One term alderman: From what I know, I don't actually think a one term alderman has won the mayoral seat ... yet."

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