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selectman
noun
se·lect·man
sə-ˈlek(t)-ˌman
-ˌlek(t)-ˈman,
-ˈlek(t)-mən;
ˈsē-ˌlek(t)-ˌman
: one of a board of officials elected in towns of all New England states except Rhode Island to serve as the chief administrative authority of the town
Examples of selectman in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
First Selectman Ryan Curley anticipates the developers will give selectmen a progress update in February.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
Posted by Town of Holden on Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Lukes later got a message from town selectman Anthony Renzoni, who edited a photo of the middle school’s roadside sign to match the spelling painted on the street.
—Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
Ditto for so many town officials, minus the selectman in the bow tie, who’ve shrugged off Johnson’s onslaught to keep issuing permits and licenses.
—Brian McGrory, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
Then the selectman himself signed all of their names to the declarations.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
And, the other night, local selectmen awarded a $1.1 million contract to a Peabody construction company, Campbell Construction Group LLC, which will place staging around the tower, rebuild its core, and reconstruct the lighthouse’s top.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
This ambivalence was highlighted in 2019 — even before the committee’s rightward lurch — when Republicans became apoplectic over a sudden sprouting of campaign signs linking Mr. Trump with Fred Camillo, their candidate for the mayor-like position of first selectman.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2022
Jayme Stevenson, former first selectman in Darien and Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Connecticut’s 4th district, expressed skepticism about the approach.
—Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2022
Simmons served as first selectman in his hometown of Stonington after Congress.
—Christopher Keating, courant.com, 29 Aug. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1635, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Selectman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selectman. Accessed 19 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
selectman
noun
se·lect·man
si-ˈlek(t)-ˌman
-mən;
-ˌlek(t)-ˈman
: one of a group of town officials elected annually in some of the New England states
Legal Definition
selectman
noun
se·lect·man
si-ˈlekt-mən, -ˌman
: one of a board of officials elected in towns of all New England states except Rhode Island to serve as the chief administrative authority of the town
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