Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who is a member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city in many jurisdictions.
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- noun rare Feminine form of
alderman .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Political experience: First-term alderwoman; member of Improvement
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Political experience: First-term alderwoman; member of Improvement
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Political experience: First-term alderwoman; member of Improvement
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Political experience: First-term alderwoman; member of Improvement
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Why does the alderwoman try to appease the neighbors while hurting our business's?
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I don't know the alderwoman but if you have any moral standards at all take down this filth.
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Utrecht alderwoman Rinda den Besten said: "It is a great event of which we are so proud but now we are very unhappy."
Dutch marathon organisers run into trouble with Kenyans 2011
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She then served as a Chicago city alderwoman for the 49th Ward, 1975-1979.
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She then served as a Chicago city alderwoman for the 49th Ward, 1975-1979.
Personal Information for Esther Saperstein Jewish Women's Archive 2010
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Without the boom, it's "like if you were a tightrope walker, and you didn't have the net," said R? nee Brooks, an alderwoman in Pass Christian.
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