Selectman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a board of municipal officers elected to manage some New England towns. US

    "Every selectman in the state of New Hampshire seems to be positive that growth in a town will lower taxes, but if you plot growth rates against tax rates, you find a scatter as random as the stars in a New Hampshire winter sky."

  2. 2
    a male elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns wordnet

Synonyms

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aldermanarchonbailieburghermasterburgomastercabinet member

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"Every selectman in the state of New Hampshire seems to be positive that growth in a town will lower taxes, but if you plot growth rates against tax rates, you find a scatter as random as the stars in a New Hampshire winter sky."

Etymology

From select + -man.

Related phrases

new england

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