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SELECTWOMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does selectwoman mean?
• SELECTWOMAN (noun)
The noun SELECTWOMAN has 1 sense:
1. an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
Familiarity information: SELECTWOMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("selectwoman" is a kind of...):
elected official (official who won the office in a free election)
Holonyms ("selectwoman" is a member of...):
board of selectmen (a board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town)
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