Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who is a member of a council, especially of the local governing body of a city or town.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a municipal council. Also called
common-councilman when the body is a common council.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A male member of a council, especially a
city council ; now often replaced by gender-neutralcouncilor (British,councillor ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who is a council member
Etymologies
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Examples
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Smitherman said on his show today that he was still going to use the title councilman because the people said he could.
Stuck In Time Nathaniel Livingston 2006
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Jim Aldinger, a former Manhattan Beach city councilman, is preparing to run against his ex-girlfriend, Betsy Butler, for the 53rd Assembly District next year.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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They're expected to elect either two-term councilman Peter Brown or current city controller, Annise Parker, who if elected will be that city's first openly gay mayor.
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And then, when I call my councilman, Bill Rosendahl, whose NAME is on the sign at the site of the badly organized, pocket-lining, six-month long, one lane of traffic construction project.
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Fisher, a two-term councilman and previous county auditor and county clerk answered.
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The first-term councilman was arrested in the course of an FBI undercover investigation designated as “Operation Charlie McCarthy.”
Redacted News From the Future Randy Smith 2005
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The first-term councilman was arrested in the course of an FBI undercover investigation designated as “Operation Charlie McCarthy.”
Archive 2005-09-04 Randy Smith 2005
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The two-term councilman tells the Salt Lake Tribune he traveled to Bellingham to retrieve a drafting table, bed frame and office equipment from the property leased by Salt Lake City Planning Commissioner Kathleen Hill.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The Albertville City Council will have to decide who is going to replace second-term councilman Kerry NeSmith.
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The Albertville City Council will have to decide who is going to replace second-term councilman Kerry NeSmith.
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