common council

noun

1. the local legislative body of a municipal government.

Word History and Origins

Origin of common council¹

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

In regard to the governing body, there was to be one only—a mayor and common-council.

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In all the rest of the boroughs it was proposed that the whole common-council should be elected for three years.

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I went to a friend of mine who is a member of the Common Council, and with that friend I held the following conversation.

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I bet you what you laike he went in for the Common Council simply in order to get even with old Pilgrim.

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The movement proved so irresistible that the Common Council announced a ten-hour day for public servants.

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