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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|enm|alderman]], [[inh|ang|ealdormann]] (Mercian ''aldormonn''),^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[af|ang|ealdor|mann|t1=elder, chief, patriarch|t2=man]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) with ''ealdor'' from ''eald'' “old”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)
+ It is [[inh|enm|alderman]], [[inh|ang|ealdormann]] (Mercian [[m|ang|aldormonn]]),^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[af|ang|ealdor|mann|t1=elder, chief, patriarch|t2=man]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) with [[m|ang|ealdor]] from [[m|ang|eald]] “old”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)
==Earliest recorded meaning==