selectman
IPA: sʌɫˈɛktmʌn
noun
- (US) Any of a board of municipal officers elected to manage some New England towns.
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Examples of "selectman" in Sentences
- But the two-term selectman has struggled at one task: paying taxes.
- "Barzilla," says Peter, "I jedge that a selectman is a sort of dwarf alderman.
- A friend of mine is a New Hampshire "selectman," one of those municipal offices Tocqueville found so admirable.
- Kelly, a two-term selectman in town and former president of the New Hampshire Libertarian Party, wrote the book and had it published.
- The most important decision I have been involved in as a selectman was our decision to create the Plainville Redevelopment Authority.
- Four-term selectman Robert E. Wing said he planned on serving a fifth consecutive term on the board or retiring from town politics after Saturday's annual election.
- But Baker's own experience in the public and private sectors - as a one-term selectman in Swampscott, as the state's top budget official, and as the chief executive of a major health insurer - muddies his critique.
- Boston Globe writes before adding, "But Baker's own experience in the public and private sectors -- as a one-term selectman in Swampscott, as the state's top budget official, and as the chief executive of a major health insurer -- muddies his critique.
- He didn't pick Palin for her education / intellect, he didn't pick her for her experience as a failed car wash owner, her 7 years as mayor (aka selectman) of Wasilla where she used her power to get people fired & told her people not to talk to the media, nor her 2 years of expeience as the governor of Alaska, a state with less than a million people -- and who are benefiting from this energy crisis, while she uses fed dollars to build infrastructure.
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