English Explanatory Dictionary

eschevin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The alderman or chief officer of a guild, in the Middle Ages.

Word forms

eschevin eschevins

Etymology

Old French eschevin, a sort of magistrate, alderman, French échevin.

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