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Councillor Moderate

Councillor has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a member of a council

"The new councillor attended her first meeting to discuss the city's budget."

2

A member of a council.

"As a new councillor, she attended her first meeting to learn about local zoning laws."

See Also
privy councillor induna municipal borough councilwoman dewan city council city councillor election
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
member
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
councilman councilwoman

Origin

The word councillor is a later alteration of the original spelling counsellor to match its related noun, council. This change was made because speakers mistakenly analyzed it as being formed from "council" plus the suffix "-or.

Rhyming Words
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