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councilor

or coun·cil·lor

[ koun-suh-ler, -sler ]

/ ˈkaʊn sə lər, -slər /

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noun

a member of a council.

counselor.

Origin of councilor

1300–50; council + -or²; replacing Middle English conseiler < Anglo-French: adviser; see counselor

OTHER WORDS FROM councilor

coun·ci·lor·ship, noun

Words nearby councilor

council-manager plan, councillor, councilman, councilman body, councilmember, councilor, councilperson, councilwoman, counsel, counselee, counseling

Example sentences from the Web for councilor

Councilor Carlos Apolinário insists on proposing laws that encourage hate and discrimination.

A Brazilian Straight Pride Day? |Mac Margolis |August 5, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
No menace could this be to himself personally, for he and Sykes stood there safe in the company of the councilor himself.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 |Various
And the councilor who presents your cause must be a member of your clan, of course.

The Best Made Plans |Everett B. Cole
"No one objects," said Faslar, the ex-king's Prime Minister and councilor.

Invaders from the Infinite |John Wood Campbell

Councilor Forbes delayed while his companions entered the huts to attend the invalids.

Blackbeard: Buccaneer |Ralph D. Paine
Councilor Oliver Cowdery stood up on the part of the accuser, and opened the case clearly.

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 2 |Joseph Smith

British Dictionary definitions for councilor

councilor

/ (ˈkaʊnsələ) /

noun

a variant US spelling of councillor

an archaic spelling of counsellor

Derived forms of councilor

councilorship, noun