alderman
Meanings
Plural: aldermen
Noun
- a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
- A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
- A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
- A long pipe for smoking.
- A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch, a potbelly.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English alderman, aldermon, from Old English ealdorman, ealdormann, from ealdor (“elder, parent, chief, prince, author”) + mann (“person”). See ealdorman.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
alderman is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordalderman is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
alderman is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
alderman is a valid Words With Friends word