Aldermanic

/ˌɔːldəˈmænɪk/

Synonyms for "aldermanic" (2 found)

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Adjective(1 words)

aldermanly

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)

city council member

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Translations

1 translations across 1 languages.

Finnish

1 entries

valtuutetun kaltainen adj (having the (supposed) lifestyle or qualities of an alderman)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Board of Councilmen last night made an active attempt to pass a reduced Japanese bill, without giving the items; […] The proposed reduction is a substantial one, cutting down the total of the bill from $105,000, the Aldermanic figure, to $90,000, which must be somewhere in the neighborhood of an honest amount. But why do the Councilmen, while acting to this extent in the public interest, refuse to give us the items as originally rendered by the Reception Committee of the Board of Aldermen?

Source: wiktionary

The first feature that I would say is desirable, as I read it, is that it is a nonpartisan bill, similar to our aldermanic campaigns in Chicago.

Source: wiktionary

Former St. Louis Mayor Vincent Schoemehl remembers them [Michael Victor Roberts and Steven Craig Roberts] from their aldermanic days as sensible. "They weren't get-in-the way guys," he says. "You could approach them with a reasonable proposition and get a reasonable response."

Source: wiktionary

Let's just say the city is not well served by the tradition of aldermanic courtesy.

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