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Old English ealdor mann `older man'.
Anglo-Saxon term for the noble governor of a
shire; after the Norman Conquest the office
was replaced with that of sheriff. From the
19th century aldermen were the senior members
of the borough or county councils in England
and Wales, elected by the other councillors,
until the abolition of the office in 1974;
the title is still used in the City of
London, and for members of a municipal
corporation in certain towns in the USA.