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单词 wardman
释义 ˈwardman Obs.
[f. ward n.1 + man n.1 Cf. wardsman2.]
1. In certain boroughs, a member of a select body of burgesses, representing the several wards, and empowered to choose municipal officers.
1444Maldon (Essex) Liber A lf. 32 b, The xviii wardemen that day shall chese the newe baylees and other officers of the moste worthi men.1467Maldon (Essex) Court-Rolls Bundle 43 no. 6v, All the wardemen ben acorded that John Parll the elder is put owt of y⊇ ward.
2. In certain boroughs, the designation of an officer employed by the corporation.
1792Boys Coll. Hist. Sandwich 403 When the mayor goes in form to the court-hall,..he is preceded by the common wardman [L. communis serviens] and the two sergeants at mace.1835App. Munic. Corpor. Rep. ii. 1043 [Officers of the corporation of Sandwich]. Town Clerk. Common Wardman. Serjeants at Mace.Ibid. iv. 2527 The other Officers of the corporation [of Stamford] are a Gaoler... Collector of Stallage. Beadle and Wardman.
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