"ealdorman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ealdormen [plural], ealderman [alternative], eolderman [alternative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ealdormann. See alderman (from Old English aldormann). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)}}, {{lbor|en|ang|ealdormann}} Learned borrowing from Old English ealdormann, {{cog|ang|aldormann}} Old English aldormann Head templates: {{en-noun|ealdormen}} ealdorman (plural ealdormen)
  1. (historical) The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England. Wikipedia link: ealdorman Tags: historical Derived forms: ealdormanic, ealdormanry
    Sense id: en-ealdorman-en-noun-thfhujUT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 66 11 2 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 15 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 22 1 2

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ˈæ͜ɑl.dorˌmɑn/, [ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dorˌmɑn] Forms: æaldorman [alternative, Anglian], æaldormæn [alternative, Anglian], æaldermen [alternative, Anglian], ealdormann [alternative], aldermon [alternative], aldermonn [alternative], aldorman [alternative]
Etymology: From ealdor (“elder”) + man (“person”) Etymology templates: {{com|ang|ealdor|man|t1=elder|t2=person}} ealdor (“elder”) + man (“person”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} ealdorman m, {{ang-noun|m}} ealdorman m
  1. an elderman; senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank and holding an office inferior only to that of the king Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdorman-ang-noun-PquIcgm7
  2. an alderman Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdorman-ang-noun--Jtwsucj
  3. governor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdorman-ang-noun-s~amfgQT

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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