selectman
selectman noun: any of a board of municipal officers elected to manage some New England towns.
Noun
selectman (plural selectmen)
- Any of a board of municipal officers elected to manage some New England towns.
- Near-synonyms: selectperson, selectwoman, councilperson, councilman, councilwoman
- But what villager could have foreseen that their neighbor was to be commissioner for the government of Massachusetts, church elder, town selectman, judge of small causes, and town deputy to the Massachusetts legislature? The people of Weyhill [in Hampshire, England], who had seen Peter Noyes serve...1963, Sumner Chilton Powell, “Chapter I: The Web of Open-field Life”, in Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town, Wesleyan University Press
- Synonyms:
- selectperson, selectwoman, councilperson, councilman, councilwoman
Synonyms of selectman
Forms of selectman
| plural | selectmen |
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Origin of selectman
From select + -man.
Questions about selectman
- What does selectman mean?
- Selectman means any of a board of municipal officers elected to manage some New England towns.
- What part of speech is selectman?
- Selectman is a noun.
- What is the plural of selectman?
- The plural of selectman is selectmen.
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