alderman, burghermaster, cabinet minister, city father, commissioner, councilwoman, elder, legislator, maire, minister of state, secretary, syndic
Definitionn. an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
Last update: September 13, 2015
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In 1765 he became a selectman of Boston, and from 1766 to 1772 was a member of the Massachusetts general court. [Please select]
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The rumors persisted, and still Moses laughed, for the senior selectman was a big man with flesh on him, who could laugh with dignity. [Please select]
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But here is part of the ticket which nobody started:-- For SENIOR SELECTMAN, FLETCHER BARTLETT. [Please select]
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Another of the adventurers was Master Ichabod Pigsnort, a weighty merchant and selectman of Boston, and an elder of the famous Mr. [Please select]
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"Craving your pardon, young sir," said the venerable selectman, "let not an evil spirit enter into your words." [Please select]
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They'd be glad to make me selectman, and perhaps send me to Montpelier after a while to make laws. [Please select]
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"You don't appear to remember that I am a selectman and overseer of the poor," said the Squire. [Please select]
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"He actually defies you, who are a selectman and an overseer of the poor." [Please select]
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Hitherto I have voted for him annually for selectman, knowing that he wanted the office and considering him fairly faithful. [Please select]
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Fogg is a deacon, and a selectman, and a road commissioner, and everything splendid. [Please select]
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"For some wise end," said the aged selectman, solemnly, "hath Providence scattered away the mist of years that had so long hid this dreadful effigy." [Please select]
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