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Alderman vs Freeman - What's the difference?

alderman | freeman |

As proper nouns the difference between alderman and freeman

is that alderman is while freeman is .

alderman

English

Noun

(aldermen)
  • A member of several municipal legislative bodies in a city or town.
  • A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
  • *1859 ,
  • *:Half-a-crown'' is known as an (alderman), (half a bull), (half a tusheroon), and a (madza caroon); whilst a ''crown'' piece, or ''five shillings , may be called either a (bull), or a (caroon), or a (cartwheel), or a (coachwheel), or a (thick-un), or a (tusheroon).
  • .

    • Synonyms

    * baillie (Scotland )

    See also

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    freeman

    English

    Noun

  • A free man, one who is not a serf or slave.
  • (archaic) or ceremonial A person awarded or inheriting the freedom, with any attached privileges, of a borough or city.

    • Antonyms

    * slave