A Dutch alderman or petty magistrate.

= echevin, n.

Formerly the name of certain municipal magistrates in Southern France and Catalonia, corresponding to the échevins of Northern France.

(The title of) any one of the municipal magistrates of Toulouse in south-west France. Chiefly in plural with the. Cf. capitoulat, n.

A municipal functionary in French and Belgian towns, corresponding nearly to an English alderman.