councilman

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English council

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English councilman

From council + -man.

Noun

councilman (plural councilmen)

1. A male member of a council, often a city council or town council.

   Hypernyms: officer, officeholder < person

   Near-synonyms: councilmember, councilperson, councilwoman, councilor, councillor, selectperson, selectman, selectwoman

   • 2011 October 1, Zusha Elinson, “A Hand Slap Resounds in Sausalito”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Ms. Ford, a former captain in the Navy Reserves and a management consultant, and Ms. Pfeifer are often at odds with the three councilmen over policy issues.

   • 2019 March 4, “Phillipsburg council calls for new investigation of alleged quid pro quo”, in 69 News:

     Council says the mayor and a former councilman may have engaged in a "quid pro quo." / […]  / Council says, according to a handwritten note, Fey offered to support a pay raise for Mayor Ellis if Ellis would support a raise or a job appointment for Fey's wife, Gina.

Derived terms

• councilmanic
• councilmanship

Translations

member of a city council

• Danish: byrådsmedlem c, rådmand n (historical. Currently used term for committee chairmen in certain cities), rådsherre c (historical)
• Finnish: kaupunginvaltuutettu (fi) (gender-neutral)
• Hindi: पार्षद (hi) m (pārṣad)
• Polish: radny (pl) m
• Romanian: consilier (ro) m
• Spanish: concejal (es) m or f, munícipe m or f
• Walloon: conseyî (wa) m

Anagrams

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