alderman

• Once you vote for your alderman, then they vote for mayor. —  Reinke Faces Life
• Published by C. J. Clay & Sons, Cambridge The presiding officer was usually known as the alderman, while the names given to other officials, such as stewards, deans, bailiffs, chaplains, skevins, and ushers, and the duties they performed, varied greatly from time to time Meetings were held at different periods, sometimes annually, in many cases more frequently. —  An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
• "It is expected of the alderman, as a fundamental principle, that he will steal," and, in a fruitful year, says the Record_, the average crooked alderman makes 15,000 to 20,000 dollars. —  An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma
• My chauffeur kept me waiting, but my friend the alderman was on time. —  My Home in the Field of Honor
• So I returned to the hotel, and while Huberson and the alderman were fixing up damages and adjusting the emergency wheel, I had time to read all the back numbers of Illustration, which the Soled d'Or possessed, and commence a conversation with the proprietress, who sat in the court shelling peas for dinner. —  My Home in the Field of Honor

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