<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">aldermen</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>legislators</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>alderperson</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>alderpersons</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>aldormen</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ealdermen</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ealdormen</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>alderman</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>alderman&apos;s</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>aldermen&apos;s</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to members of municipal legislative bodies in the United States, Canada, and, until 1973, Great Britain. Originally used for noblemen of Anglo-Saxon Britain, particularly those governing former kingdoms, shires, and counties as the representative of the king. ]]></note></mads>