alderman UK /ˈɔːldəmən/US /ˈɔldəɹmən/ noun5 •A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town. •(US, slang) A large, protruding, or swollen abdomen; a paunch, a potbelly. •A long pipe for smoking.In one part of Cockaigne an amalgamation of these two last has lately taken place; and the pleasure experienced by the parishioners of Walbrook is unbounded when smoking an alderman and churchwarden. — 1843 •Synonym of starostaThe chief man of a vollost is a Zasidatil; the chief man of a village is a Starosta, or alderman. — 1883 •(slang, no longer used) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence. formsaldermen