Definitions for selectmen

selectmen se·lect·man

Spelling: [si-lekt-muh n]
IPA: /sɪˈlɛkt mən/

Selectmen is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in selectmen (ceeelmnst).

Definitions for selectmen

noun

  1. (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.

Origin of selectmen

1625-35, Americanism; select (adj.) + -man

Examples for selectmen

"Mebbe I could git the money for you—ye can borry it of me," suggested the selectman.

It was the home of Jared Sparks Grant, the first selectman of the town.

Jethro's be'n first selectman ever sense, though he turned Republican in '60.

I never could quite understand why the folks at Wellmouth made me selectman.

The selectman stepped close to the carriage and brandished his gun.

He was by trade a sugar-baker (confectioner), and from 1752 to 1755 was a selectman of Charlestown.

The selectman sat gloomily, elbows squared on his knees, and waited.

He advanced close to the selectman, waggling admonitory forefinger.

It's there you may see the selectman your serving-maid inquired for.

I was the former third selectman from Greenwich, Conn.—not ideally suited to lead the charge in the Democratic Party.

Word Value for selectmen
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13

Words with friends

17

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