"ealdormann" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ˈæ͜ɑl.dorˌmɑnn/, [ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dorˌmɑn]
Etymology: Compound of ealdor (“elder, leader”) + mann (“man”). Cognate with Swedish ålderman (“(archaic) elder; spokesman, representative (of a tribe or family)”). Etymology templates: {{com|ang|ealdor|mann|id1=ruler|t1=elder, leader|t2=man}} ealdor (“elder, leader”) + mann (“man”), {{cog|sv|ålderman||(archaic) elder; spokesman, representative (of a tribe or family)}} Swedish ålderman (“(archaic) elder; spokesman, representative (of a tribe or family)”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|m}} ealdormann m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-cons-m|ealdormann|ealdormenn}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ealdormann|ealdormenn|ealdormann|ealdormenn|ealdormannes|ealdormanna|ealdormenn|ealdormannum|num=|title=|type=strong consonant stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ealdormann [nominative, singular], ealdormenn [nominative, plural], ealdormann [accusative, singular], ealdormenn [accusative, plural], ealdormannes [genitive, singular], ealdormanna [genitive, plural], ealdormenn [dative, singular], ealdormannum [dative, plural], aldermon [alternative], aldermonn [alternative], aldorman [alternative], aldormon [alternative], æalderman [alternative], æaldorman [alternative], ealdorman [alternative], ealdormon [alternative]
  1. A leader, ruler, or prince:
    An ealdorman (Anglo-Saxon high nobleman and governmental official).
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdormann-ang-noun-bTFxy1IC Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 57 41 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 36 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 18 3 3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 66 13 17 4
  2. A leader, ruler, or prince:
    A Roman governor.
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdormann-ang-noun-4eN1GV2C
  3. A master or overseer. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdormann-ang-noun-kpLYDLpt
  4. A judge. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdormann-ang-noun-NUAEk6O5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      },
      "expansion": "ealdor (“elder, leader”) + mann (“man”)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ålderman",
        "3": "",
        "4": "(archaic) elder; spokesman, representative (of a tribe or family)"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "Compound of ealdor (“elder, leader”) + mann (“man”). Cognate with Swedish ålderman (“(archaic) elder; spokesman, representative (of a tribe or family)”).",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "ealdormann",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "ealdormenn",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ealdormann",
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "ealdormannes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormanna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "ealdormenn",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "ealdormannum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "aldermon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldermonn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldorman",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldormon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æalderman",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æaldorman",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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    {
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      ]
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      "expansion": "ealdormann m",
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        "1": "ealdormann",
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "57 41 2 1",
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          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "english": "If he is an alderman, he shall lose his shire, unless the king wishes to pardon him.",
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          "translation": "If he is an alderman, he shall lose his shire, unless the king wishes to pardon him.",
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        [
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        [
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        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑl.dorˌmɑnn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dorˌmɑn]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "word": "alderman"
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              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "alderman"
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          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "alderman"
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang_code": "xno",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "aldreman"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "aldyrman"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "alderman"
        },
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              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "alderman"
            }
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          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Anglo-Norman",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        },
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "enm",
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        "Early Scots"
      ],
      "word": "altherman"
    },
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        {
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "alderman"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Anglo-Norman",
          "lang_code": "xno",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Anglo-Norman",
          "lang_code": "xno",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "aldreman"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "tags": [
        "Ormulum"
      ],
      "word": "allderrmann"
    },
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      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "alderman"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Anglo-Norman",
          "lang_code": "xno",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Anglo-Norman",
          "lang_code": "xno",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "aldreman"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Promptorium Parvulorum"
      ],
      "word": "aldyrmann"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "alderman"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Anglo-Norman",
          "lang_code": "xno",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "alderman"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Anglo-Norman",
          "lang_code": "xno",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "aldreman"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Early Middle English",
        "Worcestershire"
      ],
      "word": "alder mon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing"
      ],
      "word": "ealdorman"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing"
      ],
      "word": "ealderman"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "eolderman"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Medieval Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "aldermannus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ealdor",
        "3": "mann",
        "id1": "ruler",
        "t1": "elder, leader",
        "t2": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "ealdor (“elder, leader”) + mann (“man”)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ålderman",
        "3": "",
        "4": "(archaic) elder; spokesman, representative (of a tribe or family)"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish ålderman (“(archaic) elder; spokesman, representative (of a tribe or family)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of ealdor (“elder, leader”) + mann (“man”). Cognate with Swedish ålderman (“(archaic) elder; spokesman, representative (of a tribe or family)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-cons-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormenn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormenn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormannes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormenn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormannum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldermon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldermonn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldorman",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldormon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æalderman",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æaldorman",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdorman",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdormon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "ealdormann m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ealdormann",
        "2": "ealdormenn"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-cons-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ealdormann",
        "2": "ealdormenn",
        "3": "ealdormann",
        "4": "ealdormenn",
        "5": "ealdormannes",
        "6": "ealdormanna",
        "7": "ealdormenn",
        "8": "ealdormannum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong consonant stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If he is an alderman, he shall lose his shire, unless the king wishes to pardon him.",
          "text": "Laws of King Ine\nĠif hē ealdormon sie, ðolie his sċire, būton him kyning arian wille",
          "translation": "If he is an alderman, he shall lose his shire, unless the king wishes to pardon him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A leader, ruler, or prince:",
        "An ealdorman (Anglo-Saxon high nobleman and governmental official)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "ealdorman",
          "ealdorman"
        ],
        [
          "Anglo-Saxon",
          "Anglo-Saxon#English"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high#English"
        ],
        [
          "nobleman",
          "nobleman#English"
        ],
        [
          "governmental",
          "governmental#English"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A leader, ruler, or prince:",
        "A Roman governor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
          "governor",
          "governor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A master or overseer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "overseer",
          "overseer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A judge."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑl.dorˌmɑnn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dorˌmɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ealdormann"
}

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