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单词 alderwoman
释义 ˈalderˌwoman
[f. alderman, after pairs like gentleman, -woman.]
1. An alderman's wife; cf. aldress, aldermaness. Obs.
1557in W. H. Turner Sel. Rec. Oxford (1880) 264 Mres. Brydgman shall go nexte unto the Alderwomen.1640Brome Antip. iii. ii. 276 Item, an Elegy for Mistris Alderwoman.
2. A woman holding the position of an alderman.
1768Morant Hist. Essex II. 400/2 A Gild of women of our Lady's Lights, to which belonged an Alderwoman, and two wardens.1895[see mayoress 2].1900Daily News 24 May 3/1 The London Government Act of last year..prohibited women serving as alderwomen or councillors on borough Councils.
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