Selectman

[sɪ'lektmæn] or [sə'lɛktmən]

Definition

(noun.) an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns.

Editor: Pratt--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Edited by Ellis