Definitions for selectman

selectman se·lect·man

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

Selectman 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 591 anagrams from letters in selectman (aceelmnst).

Definitions for selectman

noun

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

Origin of selectman

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

Examples for selectman

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

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

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

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

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

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

He advanced close to the selectman, waggling admonitory forefinger.

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

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

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

Word Value for selectman
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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