councillor

[ koun-suh-ler, -sler ]

/ ˈkaʊn sə lər, -slər /

noun

Words nearby councillor

council of trent, council of war, council school, council tax, council-manager plan, councillor, councilman, councilman body, councilmember, councilor, councilperson

OTHER WORDS FROM councillor

coun·cil·lor·ship, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH councillor

councillor counselor

Definition for councillor (2 of 2)

councilor

or coun·cil·lor

[ koun-suh-ler, -sler ]

/ ˈkaʊn sə lər, -slər /

noun

a member of a council.

counselor.

Origin of councilor

1300–50; council + -or²; replacing Middle English conseiler < Anglo-French: adviser; see counselor

OTHER WORDS FROM councilor

coun·ci·lor·ship, noun

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Examples from the Web for councillor

“It sounds horrible,” Camden Green Party Councillor Sian Berry told The Mirror.
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK Politicians|Marlow Stern|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The dimness of Councillor Mikulin's eyes seemed to spread all over his face and made it indistinct to Razumov's sight.
Under Western Eyes|Joseph Conrad
She told Briancourt, the tutor who had become her lover, that the poisoning of her brother the councillor was in progress.
Princes and Poisoners|Frantz Funck-Brentano
As Councillor Jackson pinned the medal on to her tunic, a storm of clapping and cheers rose from the school.
The Luckiest Girl in the School|Angela Brazil

So he wrote a short billet to his councillor, to be shown to Secretary Neu.
The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II.|John Lothrop Motley
Gad, for a time the councillor of the Danish king, was now no more.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa|Paul Barron Watson

British Dictionary definitions for councillor (1 of 2)

councillor

US councilor

/ (ˈkaʊnsələ) /

noun

a member of a council

Derived forms of councillor

councillorship or US councilorship, noun

undefined councillor

Avoid confusion with counsellor

British Dictionary definitions for councillor (2 of 2)

councilor

/ (ˈkaʊnsələ) /

noun

a variant US spelling of councillor

an archaic spelling of counsellor

Derived forms of councilor

councilorship, noun

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