Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The elder or warden who was principal of an ancient guild.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild.

Etymologies

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Old French eschevin, a sort of magistrate, alderman, French échevin.

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