aldermanlyadj.
/ˈɔːldəmənli/, /ˈɒldəmənli/, U.S. /ˈɔldərmənli/, /ˈɑldərmənli/ = aldermanlike adj.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [adjective] > relating to or like alderman
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1728 J. Swift Intelligencer (1729) v. 41 Exigencies..wanting a reasonable Infusion of this Aldermanly Discretion.
1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 242 The fairest hopes may be frustrated by the want of that quality, which Swift somewhere calls an aldermanly virtue, discretion.
1883 Idaho Avalance (Silver City, Idaho) 22 Sept. 3/3 It will take him some little time to regain that aldermanly rotundity of abdomen that he possessed before visiting the capital.
1961 F. E. Halliday Shakespeare x. 232 The aldermen were cautious... Combe found this toast-and-butter, aldermanly opposition merely amusing.
1991 G. Burn Alma Cogan (1992) vii. 145 The sound of wooden counters being shaken in a canvas bag by officials with..grease across the shoulders of their aldermanly suits.
2007 S. Maconie Pies & Prejudice 138 A great many of the town's more clueless council types almost burst their aldermanly waistcoats in a mass harrumph.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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