councillor
councillor noun: a member of a council.
Noun (1)
councillor (plural councillors)
- A member of a council.
- In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.
- 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...2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News
- 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...2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51
- Synonyms:
- councilman
Noun (2) capitalized: Councillor
Councillor (plural Councillors)
- The title for someone elected to the role of councillor in a local council.
councillor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
councillor in Hindi
- member of a city council
- पार्षद pārṣad
councillor in Tamil
- அவை உறுப்பினர், மன்ற உறுப்பினர்
councillor in Marathi
- कौन्सिलर, नगरसेवक
councillor in Bengali
- কাউন্সিলর, কাউন্সিলার
More languagesFewer languages
- councillor in Telugu
- సభ్యుడు sabhyuḍu
- councillor in Kannada
- ಪರಿಷತ್ ಸದಸ್ಯ
- councillor in Punjabi
- ਕੌਂਸਲਰ
- councillor in Gujarati
- કાઉન્સિલરે તા, કાઉન્સિલર, કાઉન્સિલરે
- councillor in Odia
- କାଉନସିଲର, କାଉନସିଲର୍
- councillor in Tagalog
- konsehal
Examples of councillor in a sentence
- The plan is expected to get the nod from councillors at the next meeting.
- Before long, Silicon Roundabout had indeed been adopted by estate agents, local councillors and even No 10.
- In the Nairobi City Council today, we have many councillors who were makangas.
Synonyms of councillor
Forms of councillor
| plural | councillors |
|---|---|
| alternative form | councilor |
| plural | Councillors |
| alternative UK abbreviation | Cllr |
| alternative Australia abbreviation | Cr |
| alternative form (obsolete, rare) | councilour |
| alternative form (obsolete) | councillour |
Origin of councillor
Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council. By surface analysis, council + -or.
Words formed from councillor
Phrases with councillor
Questions about councillor
- What does councillor mean?
- Councillor means a member of a council.
- What is councillor in Hindi?
- Councillor in Hindi is पार्षद (pārṣad). See Councillor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is councillor?
- Councillor is a noun.
- What is the plural of councillor?
- The plural of councillor is councillors.
Words near councillor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: councillor (page history and authors); Councillor (page history and authors); councillor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); councillor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); councillor (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); సభ్యుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); councillor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); councillor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); councillor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); councillor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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