councillor

C1 Topic:Places & Geography
noun Freq #16442

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A member of a local council, especially one elected to a city or town authority.

    A local councillor questioned whether the project was moving too quickly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a member of a local... council membercouncilman
More councilmembercouncilwoman
Word family
Forms councillors
Derived forms cllrcouncillorship

Etymology

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

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