ealdorman
noun
ealdorman is spelled E-A-L-D-O-R-M-A-N: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ealdorman means “The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ealdorman is ealdormen.
How many letters and syllables are in ealdorman?
| Letters | 9: E-A-L-D-O-R-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ealdorman?
Ealdorman appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ealdorman?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-ealdorman.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ealdorman
- ealdormen plural
- ealderman
- eolderman
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ealdorman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ealdorman come from?
Learned borrowing from Old English ealdormann. See alderman (from Old English aldormann).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).