Both Uses of
alderman
in
Arrowsmith
- Of course a fellow has got to start in modestly, but I may say, sotto voce, that I expect to run for alderman next fall.†
Chpt 9 *
- He got an extra appropriation from the Board of Aldermen; he bullied all the churches and associations into co-operation; he made the newspapers promise to publish three columns of praise each day.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(alderman) a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council) in some towns and cities in the U.S., Canada and Australia