Councillor

Quick meaning: Councillor is a noun meaning A member of a council.

Meaning

A member of a council.

More Meanings

1. In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.

Example Sentences

The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.

And it had been a close-run thing for many of the nearest - perhaps too close. Councillor Renee Spector, a senior member of Birmingham City Council planning committee, told the local press that the accident might force "a rethink" about the way it considered future applications. "There is a case for a buffer zone, but the problem is that land is at such a premium it is difficult to insist on a large distance between houses and railway lines," she said.

Word Forms

• councillors
• councilor
• councilour
• councillour

Synonyms for councillor

Depending on context, synonyms include councilmember, councilman, councilwoman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include councilor, council, councilman, chancellor, alderman, lawmaker.

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