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A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.

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  1. n. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
  2. n. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.
  3. n. a male member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
  4. n:100 n. a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)