Alderman

/ˈɔːldəmən/

/ˈæɫdɝmən/, /ˈɔɫdɝmən/

Alderman

a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

Examples

1. We need more aldermen like that in the City Council.

2. He ran for alderman in Chicago.

3. As an elected alderman here, I serve my most immediate neighborhood, which is the 5th ward, the historically black community in Evanston.

4. Finally, the mayor called a meeting of the aldermen and they all assembled in the city hall.