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From: Kathy Rippel <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Searching for a word defination selectman
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:21:25 -0600
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Just thought I'd mention a reference hint for
this kind of question. I know Drew would also
know this, but perhaps others don't.

1. Go to Google and type in your query for your word.
2. After the results are shown, look at the light
blue bar at the top that tells how many results
were obtained. On most requests there will be some that looks like: [defintion}
3. Click on this link and you will get several
definitions and other discussions on your topic.
On this question, definitions are found from The
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
Language, Fourth Edition, West's Encyclopedia of
American Law, and "WordNet 1.7.1".

Kathy


> From the Oxford English Dictionary:
>
>"One of a board of officers elected annually to manage various local
>concerns in a ‘town’ or ‘township’ in New England."
>
>Drew Smith
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Daniels [mailto:]
> > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 11:40 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [APG] Searching for a word defination selectman
> >
> > In researching the Massachusetts Bay Company of New England a
> > sentence struck me;
> >
> > "Robert was a New London selectman in 1651 and a
> > representative for the town in the General Court meeting in Hartford in
>1651."
> > What is the meaning of the selectman? -- was this a noble person? -- an
>elected person?

Kathleen Reid Rippel, M.L.S.
Great Bend, KS



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