councillor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.

2. 2
   noun

   a member of a council

3. 3
   noun

   A member of a council.

4. 4
   noun

   The title for someone elected to the role of councillor in a local council.

Etymology

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