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COUNCILLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does councillor mean? 

COUNCILLOR (noun)
  The noun COUNCILLOR has 1 sense:

1. a member of a councilplay

  Familiarity information: COUNCILLOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COUNCILLOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a council

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

council member; councillor

Hypernyms ("councillor" is a kind of...):

fellow member; member (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "councillor"):

councilman (a man who is a council member)

councilwoman (a woman who is a council member)

Holonyms ("councillor" is a member of...):

council (a meeting of people for consultation)

Derivation:

councillorship (the position of council member)


 Context examples 


Emma found that it was not Mr. Weston's fault that the number of privy councillors was not yet larger.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

For who could be named with Chandos, the stainless knight, the wise councillor, the valiant warrior, the hero of Crecy, of Winchelsea, of Poictiers, of Auray, and of as many other battles as there were years to his life?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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