selectman

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SELECT'MAN, noun. [select and man.] In New England, a town officer chosen anually to manage the concerns of the town, provide for the poor, etc. Their number is usually from three to seven in each town, and these constitute a kind of executive authority.
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