Dictionary

councillor en · NOUN

Etymology

Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council. By surface analysis, council + -or.

Meanings

1. A member of a council.
2. In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.
   • 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 for a buffer zone, but the problem is that land is at such a premium it is difficult to insist on a large distance between houses and railway lines," she said. 2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51:
   • 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 Names Office inviting comments on the name changes. 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:

Forms

Deriveds

cllr · councilloress · councillorship

Hyponyms

parish councillor · town councillor · privy councillor · works councillor

Relateds

Privy Councillor

Synonyms

councilwoman · councilman (gendered terms) · councilmember

Translations (43)

es concejil (disused) (member of a city council) · gl conselleiro (member of a city council) · pt vereadora (member of a city council) · pt conselheiro (member of a city council) · es regidora (member of a city council) · oc conselhièr (member of a city council) · mi mema kaunihera (member of a city council) · de Gemeinderat (member of a city council) · ca edil (member of a city council) · es edil (member of a city council) · cs radní (member of a city council) · fi valtuutettu (member of a city council) · es regidor (member of a city council) · hi पार्षद (member of a city council) · fr conseiller (member of a city council) · de Ratsmitglied (member of a city council) · fi kaupunginvaltuutettu (member of a city council) · mia aacimwa (member of a city council) · gl conselleira (member of a city council) · fr conseillère (member of a city council) · pl radna (member of a city council) · mg mpanolotsaina (member of a city council) · pt conselheira (member of a city council) · es munícipe (member of a city council) · gl concelleiro (member of a city council) · bg съветник (member of a city council) · eu zinegotzi (member of a city council) · eu erregidore (member of a city council) · gl concelleira (member of a city council) · tl konsehal (member of a city council) · mi kaikaunihera (member of a city council) · es conceller (member of a city council) · it assessore (member of a city council) · ru сове́тник (member of a city council) · ca regidora (member of a city council) · ru чле́н сове́та (member of a city council) · pt vereador (member of a city council) · es concejal (member of a city council) · ca regidor (member of a city council) · pl radny (member of a city council) · de Stadtrat (member of a city council) · cy cynghorydd (member of a city council) · fr conseiller municipal (member of a city council)