alderman

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːldəmən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒl-/
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• US: /ˈɔldəɹmən/ without the cot–caught merger
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• General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /ˈɑldəɹmən/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈɒldəɹmən/ of the US
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈoːldəmən/
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• CMU ARPABET: AO1 L D ER0 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AE1 L D ER0 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Occupational surname for a member of the governing body of a city, from alderman.

From Middle English alderman, aldermon, from Old English ealdorman, ealdormann, from ealdor (“elder, parent, chief, prince, author”) + mann (“person”). Doublet of ealdorman.

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ավագանու անդամ (avaganu andam) — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Bulgarian: о́лдърме́н (óldǎrmén) — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Catalan: regidor — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Czech: obecní starší — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Czech: radní — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Czech: konšel — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Dutch: wethouder — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Dutch: schepen — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Esperanto: skabeno — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Estonian: linnavolinik — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Finnish: valtuutettu — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Finnish: raatimies — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Finnish: kaupunginisä — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• French: échevin — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• French: conseiller municipal — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• West-Frisian: wethâlder — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Galician: concelleiro — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Galician: concelleira — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Galician: rexedor — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Galician: rexedora — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• German: Schöffe — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Greek: δημοτικός σύμβουλος (dimotikós sýmvoulos) — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Ido: skabino — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Italian: aldermanno — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Polish: ławnik — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Polish: radny — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Portuguese: vereador — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Portuguese: vereadora — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Portuguese: edil — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Romanian: consilier — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Romanian: consilieră — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Russian: о́лдермен (óldermen) — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Spanish: concejal — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Spanish: regidor — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Welsh: henadur — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town
• Welsh: aldramon — member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town