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noun
A male member of a council, often a city council or town council.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: councilmember, councilperson, councilwoman, councilor, councillor, selectperson, selectman, selectwoman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: officer, officeholder, person
noun
a man who is a council member
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: council member, councillor
History
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.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
