city council

American  

noun

• city councils
  plural

1. a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• city councils
  plural

Etymology

Origin of city council

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

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city council

Before incarceration, I was a member of Cincinnati’s city council for a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Estuardo Mazariegos and Jose Ugarte, running against each other for a city council seat representing part of South Los Angeles, are immigrants from Latin America who arrived undocumented as children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Shifting all of them to electric power would be the same as taking around 30,000 cars off the road annually, according to the city council, but costs and infrastructure challenges lie ahead.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Lehigh Acres, which has no mayor or city council and relies on Lee County for services, is straining to keep up with its growth, said Welch, the chamber-of-commerce head.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

One of rising gas prices, another of a shooting in East Oakland, and then a piece on the upcoming city council election.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro