I've been an alderman for five years.
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Alderman
//ˈɔːldəmən//
Synonyms for "alderman" (62 found)
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33 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ավագանու անդամ noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Catalan
1 entries- regidor noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Czech
3 entries- konšel noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- obecní starší noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- radní noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Dutch
2 entries- schepen noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- wethouder noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Esperanto
1 entries- skabeno noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Estonian
1 entries- linnavolinik noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Finnish
3 entries- kaupunginisä noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- raatimies noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- valtuutettu noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
French
2 entries- conseiller municipal noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- échevin noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Galician
4 entries- concelleira noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- concelleiro noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- rexedor noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- rexedora noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
German
1 entries- Schöffe noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Greek
1 entries- δημοτικός σύμβουλος noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Ido
1 entries- skabino noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Italian
1 entries- aldermanno noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Polish
2 entries- radny noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- ławnik noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Portuguese
3 entries- edil noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- vereador noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- vereadora noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Romanian
2 entries- consilier noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- consilieră noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Spanish
2 entries- concejal noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
- regidor noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Welsh
1 entries- henadur noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
West-Frisian
1 entries- wethâlder noun (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Alderman Jones knew that it would be political suicide to ignore the vociferous opponents of putting a new shelter in the neighborhood.
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Vote Tom Jackson for alderman.
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Tom is an alderman for our town.
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