privy council
noun
a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
privy councilor
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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
So behold him—a privy councilor of England if you please—lounging in the lazaretto of Zanzibar, clothed only in slippers, underwear and a long blue dressing-gown.
From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot
"As a privy councilor, y'know, and all that sort of thing—?"
From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot
But we had a privy councilor of England of our party, and favors were shown us that never fall to the lot of ordinary travelers.
From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot
