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SELECTMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does selectman mean? 

SELECTMAN (noun)
  The noun SELECTMAN has 1 sense:

1. an elected member of a board of officials who run New England townsplay

  Familiarity information: SELECTMAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SELECTMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("selectman" is a kind of...):

elected official (official who won the office in a free election)

Holonyms ("selectman" is a member of...):

board of selectmen (a board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town)


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