ALDERMAN
NOUNS, PERSON
1279 — BENCHER an alderman, a senator, judge, magistrate, etc.; a person who officially sits on a bench
1699 — FUR-MAN an alderman → sl. obs.
1775 — SCABINUS an alderman, a sheriff, the clerk of a market, a warden (Bk.)
1848 — FARMER an alderman → Brit. sl.
1885 — BENCH-MASTER an alderman; a governor of an inn of court → Eng. (Bk.)
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