privy councilor
- a word derived from privy council.
Example Sentences
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"No," said the King, "but you can stay with me as privy councilor."
From Time Magazine Archive
As a member of the Supreme Soviet, he has impressed no one with his debating, but his record as a privy councilor is brilliant.
From Time Magazine Archive
But what privy councilor in the whole world could have advised Walter to let that porcelain spoon tilt over the edge of the saucer and fall into Sietske’s lap!
From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli
"We call upon the privy councilor Pyotr Petrovitch Bol," the voice began again.
From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance
It is he who determines: you are worth so and so much; you a ducat, you a thaler, you a mere brass counter, you a privy councilor and you a colonel.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
