eschevin

== English == === Etymology === Old French eschevin, a sort of magistrate, alderman, French échevin. === Noun === eschevin (plural eschevins) (obsolete, in France) The alderman or chief officer of a guild, in the Middle Ages. === References === “eschevin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.