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ealdorman
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eal·dor·man  (ôldr-mn)
n.
The chief magistrate of a district in Anglo-Saxon England.
[Old English; see alderman.]
ealdorman [ˈɔːldəmən]
n pl -men
(Historical Terms) an official of Anglo-Saxon England, appointed by the king, who was responsible for law, order, and justice in his shire and for leading his local fyrd in battle
[Old English ealdor lord + man]
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Originally a gathering of all the freemen of a tribe, it eventually became an assembly composed of the ealdormen (OId English, "aldermen"), or local chieftains, the bishops, other high civil and religious officials, and sometimes friends and relatives of the king.
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