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BOARD OF SELECTMEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does board of selectmen mean?
• BOARD OF SELECTMEN (noun)
The noun BOARD OF SELECTMEN has 1 sense:
1. a board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town
Familiarity information: BOARD OF SELECTMEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("board of selectmen" is a kind of...):
board (a committee having supervisory powers)
Meronyms (members of "board of selectmen"):
selectman; selectwoman (an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns)
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