Meaning

2 senses
  1. A member of a council.

    a member of a council

  2. In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.

    Stadtrat, Gemeinderat, Ratsmitglied

    чле́н сове́таčlén sovéta, сове́тникsovétnik

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I'm a councillor, too.

  2. The house of councillors election opens this week.

  3. A councillor in this parish council was removed from the meeting by an intrusive clerk.

  4. The executive power was in the hands of the burgomaster and of the town councillors, who were elected by the great assembly.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
member of a city council:
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By meaning 1
member of a city council:

Origin

Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council. By surface analysis, council + -or

Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council. By surface analysis, council + -or.

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Forms

plural: councillors

Synonyms

4 synonyms
gendered terms:councilman
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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