solon

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“We are a modest town, not a bathing beach,” observed a Honesdale, Pa., solon.

From Golf Digest • May 22, 2019

Another government solon would review “the basis for identifying the group,” resolve claims and determine the liability of a college for discharged loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2016

All talked aviation, particularly commercial aviation; all honored Van Lear Black, potent banker as well as newspaper solon, for his ten-month survey of commercial flying abroad.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a solon of "Dollar Bill" Bradley's reputed acuity, this is small change indeed.

From Time Magazine Archive

E si il accunte plus de jurnees qe ne fiert solon ceste acounte, si ne lor deuez pas alower.'

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul