Scabinus
# Scabinus

Scabinus, sometimes translated as alderman or assessor, was a medieval and early modern municipal office in Continental Europe.

It continued into the present day under a variety of vernacular names:

* échevin or eschevin in French
* scabino in Italian
* Schöffe in German
* Schäffe in Luxembourgish
* schepen in Dutch
* šepmistr in Czech

The equivalent office in southern France and Catalonia was consul or, in Toulouse, capitoul.

