Definition of Alderman

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ALDERMAN noun

	An ingenious criminal who covers his secret thieving with a pretence of open marauding.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

ALDERMAN:
??:ld?m?n n. (pl. -men) 1 esp. hist. a co-opted member of an English county or borough council, next in dignity to the Mayor. 2 US & Austral. the elected governor of a city. øøaldermanic adj. aldermanship n. [OE aldor patriarch f. ald old + MAN]

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