alderman /'aldaman; bldvman/ n (pl -men) /-MSN; -man/ senior member of a city or borough council in England and Ireland, next in rank to a mayor, elected by fellow councillors. (英格蘭及愛(ài)爾蘭之) 市議會(huì)之長(zhǎng)老議員 (階級(jí)次于市長(zhǎng)，由其他議員所選出者) 。 ~ic / (ouda'maemk; pldw'maemk/ adj