alderman
n 市政议员
释义2:
alderman
/ 5C:ldEmEn /
◙ (pl. -men)1. (chiefly historical)a co-opted member of an English county or borough council, next in status to the Mayor• [主史] 高级市政官(地位次于市长的英格兰郡或区政务会成员) [N. Amer. & Austral.] an elected member of a city council• [北美,澳] 市政委员会委员【派生】
♦ aldermanic adjective♦ aldermanship noun【语源】
1. Old English aldormann (originally in the general sense 'a man of high rank'), from aldor, ealdor 'chief, patriarch' (from ald 'old') + manLater the sense 'warden of a guild' arose; then, as the guilds became identified with the ruling municipal body, 'local magistrate, municipal officer'
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