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aldermanlike, a. and adv.|ˈɔːldəmənlaɪk| [f. as prec. + -like.] A. adj. Like, or becoming to, an alderman.
1612Shelton Don Quix. I. iv. 20 (T.) All in a grave posture and with an aldermanlike pace. 1779Miss Wilkes in Wilkes' Corr. (1805) IV. 285 On Friday morning; I shall arrive, alderman-like, with some Dorking fowls for your acceptance. 1831R. Blakey Free Will 68 What Swift says about its being an alderman-like virtue. †B. adv. After the manner of an alderman. Obs.
1617J. Rider Dict., Aldermanlike, Senatorie, patricie, adv. |