aldermanship

English

Etymology

alderman +‎ -ship

Noun

aldermanship (plural aldermanships)

1. The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
   • 1592, Matthew Sutcliffe, An Answer to a certaine libel supplicatorie […] :

     the Geneuian Aldermanshippe began vnder the lawe, and was practised under the Gospell

References

• “aldermanship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.