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aldermaness
ˈaldermaˌness An alderman's wife.1840 Barham Ingol. Leg. 16 With the swate Peeresses..And Aldermanesses and the Boord of Works. Oxford English Dictionary
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alderwoman
ˈalderˌwoman [f. alderman, after pairs like gentleman, -woman.] † 1. An alderman's wife; cf. aldress, aldermaness. Obs.1557 in W. H. Turner Sel. Rec. Oxford (1880) 264 Mres. Brydgman shall go nexte unto the Alderwomen. 1640 Brome Antip. iii. ii. 276 Item, an Elegy for Mistris Alderwoman. 2. A woman ... Oxford English Dictionary
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aldress
† ˈaldress Obs. [f. alder n.2 + -ess; ? short for aldermaness.] The wife of an alderman or mayor.1608 York Reg. MS. 7 [John Bramhall, alderman of Pontefract, desires to be buried] at the end of the maiors and aldresses stall. 1692 R. Thoresby Dairy I. 220 After with relations..to the funeral of Aldr... Oxford English Dictionary
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