councilor

Or coun·cil·lor

[koun-suh-ler, -sler]

noun

1. a member of a council.

2. counselor.

councilor

/ ˈkaʊnsələ /

noun

1. a variant US spelling of councillor

2. an archaic spelling of counsellor

Other Word Forms

• councilorship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of councilor¹

1300–50; council + -or ²; replacing Middle English conseiler < Anglo-French: adviser; counselor

Example Sentences

“The primary school is full, in fact an extension has just been built,” said Bill Lobban, a local councilor.

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But then again, even in Shelby County, Roberts used a case that began when a small Alabama city redistricted a Black councilor out of office —on maps that had not been precleared with the government — as his vehicle to end preclearance and pronounce a new day of sunny racial harmony.

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His prior public service, as councilor, then deputy mayor, of a Sydney suburb ended abruptly in 2009 amid displays of undiplomatic temper.

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But tourism councilor Simone Venturini was shocked that anyone might be upset that such a high-profile event was happening in the city.

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Anab Awale, a district councilor in Mitte who is Somali German, said the nonchalance of German officials toward comfort women revisionism was clear evidence that Germany’s own racial inequalities remain unresolved.

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Related Words

• agent 
• commissioner 
• counselor 
• delegate 
• deputy 
• lawyer 
• legislator 
• member 
• senator