Plural of selectman
irregular plural
The plural of selectman is selectmen.
Forms of selectman
| Singular | selectman |
|---|---|
| Plural | selectmen |
| Countable | countable |
Selectmen in a sentence
- The selectmen acted as a plural executive, while the town’s eligible voters gathered for town meetings and functioned as a miniature parliament.2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 4, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN
Meaning of selectman
- noun Any of a board of municipal officers elected to manage some New England towns.
Nouns ending in -man: plural -men
Questions about the plural of selectman
- What is the plural of selectman?
- The plural of selectman is selectmen.
- Is selectman countable?
- Selectman is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: selectman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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