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se·lect·man
/sɪˈlɛk(t)ˌmæn, ˌlɛk(t)ˈmæn, ˈlɛk(t)mən; ˈsiˌlɛk(t)ˌmæn/
行政委員
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Se·lect·man
n.
;
pl
.
Selectmen
One
of
a
board
of
town
officers
chosen
annually
in
the
New
England
States
to
transact
the
general
public
business
of
the
town
,
and
have
a
kind
of
executive
authority
.
The
number
is
usually
from
three
to
seven
in
each
town
.
The
system
of
delegated
town
action
was
then
,
perhaps
,
the
same
which
was
defined
in
an
=\“
order
made
in
1635
by
the
inhabitants
of
Charlestown
at
a
full
meeting
for
the
government
of
the
town
,
by
selectmen
;”
the
name
presently
extended
throughout
New
England
to
municipal
governors
.\= --
Palfrey
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
selectman
n
:
an
elected
member
of
a
board
of
officials
who
run
New
England
towns
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