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Selectman
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Selectman'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/selectman.html. 1828.