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ealdorman
ealdorman [ áwldərmən ] (plural ealdormen [ áwldərmən ])


noun 
Definition:
 
Anglo-Saxon head of a shire: in Anglo-Saxon England, the principal magistrate and commander of the military forces of a shire
[ Old English ealdormann, early form of alderman]
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