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
- Selectman of Bethel for fourteen years.
- He served as selectman and later as alderman.
- One selectman is up for re election every year.
- The First Selectman acts as the executive office.
- In 1866 he became a selectman of the town of Rutland.
- He filled important town offices, chiefly as selectman.
- In 1802 Leavitt also served as a selectman for the town.
- He served as a selectman for ten years starting in 1663.
- He was a farmer and landowner, as well as Selectman of the town.
- During that time, Palmer served as constable and again as a selectman.
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