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What does ealdorman mean?

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Noun
  1. (historical) The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
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I say with the ealdorman, let us up and drive them out, showing them what Saxons are made of.
The other was Eanulf the ealdorman, and as I entered he rose up and faced me.
The government of the ealdorman may not have been less effective than that of the King.
Another ealdorman, Wiglaf, subsequently ruled for less than two years before being driven out of Mercia by Egbert.
Eadred was a son of Edward the Elder by his third marriage, to Eadgifu, daughter of Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent.
A Continental ealdorman who in 495 landed in Hampshire, Cerdic was attacked at once by the Britons.

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