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Alderman: Definition and part of speech

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Alderman

  1. n. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.
  2. n. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Alcyonacea: Definition and part of speech

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Alcyonacea

  1. n. pl. A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Alcyonaria: Definition and part of speech

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Alcyonaria

  1. n. pl. One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.