1) Exclusively Anglo word 2) Exclusively Saxon word 3) Word of purely Anglo origin 4) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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An ealdorman (from Old English ealdorman, lit. `elder man`; plural: `ealdormen`) is the term used for a high-ranking royal official and prior magistrate of an Anglo-Saxon shire or group of shires from about the ninth century to the time of King Cnut. The term ealdorman was rendered in Latin as dux in early West Saxon charters, and as præfectu...
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• (n.) An alderman.
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Anglo-Saxon official; the office was gradually replaced by the hereditary title of earl but was in part revived in the 19th century in the municipal office of alderman. Originally a nobleman...
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