Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating or belonging to an alderman; characteristic of aldermen.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to an alderman.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or like an alderman

Etymologies

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alderman +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • Milwaukee aldermen exert great influence over licensing decisions in their districts through a well-established system known as aldermanic privilege.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » A Questionable Taking in Milwaukee: 2009

  • Milwaukee aldermen exert great influence over licensing decisions in their districts through a well-established system known as aldermanic privilege.

    The Volokh Conspiracy 2009

  • Milwaukee aldermen exert great influence over licensing decisions in their districts through a well-established system known as aldermanic privilege.

    Dave Kopel RSS feed 2009

  • Milwaukee aldermen exert great influence over licensing decisions in their districts through a well-established system known as aldermanic privilege.

    JSOnline.com 2009

  • Aurora's Finance Committee will review Alderman Lawrence's proposal to abolish or change the way aldermanic slush funds are spent on Tuesday, March 24 at 3pm (City Hall, 5th Floor, agenda | map).

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • Third Ward Alderman Stephanie Kifowit bashed both for not wanting to change the city's strong mayor form of government, and Weisner took both to task for "not doing much of anything" during their aldermanic terms.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • Doherty has also been accused of "serious ethics violations" for using his aldermanic office to help raise funds for his Senate campaign.

    John Mulroe, Brian Doherty Fight For State Senate Seat In 10th District Will Guzzardi 2010

  • He was advocating for a pay reduction for alderman, vowing to take only $60,000 of his $110,000 aldermanic salary.

    Kyle Hillman: The Biggest Upset of the Chicago Elections Kyle Hillman 2011

  • Doherty has also been accused of "serious ethics violations" for using his aldermanic office to help raise funds for his Senate campaign.

    John Mulroe, Brian Doherty Fight For State Senate Seat In 10th District Will Guzzardi 2010

  • Giveaways to paying friends to shopping trips to mysterious donations to individuals are all part of the wild spending of aldermanic slush funds.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

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