Definition of "selectman" [se•lect•man]

• One of a board of town officers chosen annually in New England communities to manage local affairs. (noun)

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• "Kelly, a two-term selectman in town and former president of the New Hampshire Libertarian Party, wrote the book and had it published."
• "But Baker's own experience in the public and private sectors - as a one-term selectman in Swampscott, as the state's top budget official, and as the chief executive of a major health insurer - muddies his critique."
• "But the two-term selectman has struggled at one task: paying taxes."