councillor

See also: counsellor and counselor

English

Alternative forms

• councilor (US)
• councilour (obsolete, rare)
• councillour (obsolete)

Etymology

Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council.

Noun

councillor (plural councillors)

1. A member of a council.
2. (British spelling) A representative elected to a local authority.
3. (politics) city councillor, a member of a city council.

Synonyms

• councilmember

Derived terms

• cllr (abbreviation)
• parish councillor

Related terms

• Privy Councillor

Translations

member of a city council

• Bulgarian: съветник (bg) m (sǎvetnik)
• Czech: rádce m
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• French: conseiller municipal (fr) m
• Welsh: cynghorydd (cy) m