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
"Tell privy councilor Gunther," said she, "that I await him here, and that the nurse of his royal highness has arrived."
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
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 Talbot Mundy
The king entered and touched the bell which stood on the writing-table; the privy councilor presented himself.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
