councillor

C1 Topic:People & Society

Freq #16442

Meanings

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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.

Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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