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councilman

[ koun-suhl-muhn ]

noun

plural councilmen.
  1. a member of a council, especially the local legislative body of a city.


councilman

/ ˈ첹ʊԲəə /

noun

  1. a member of a council, esp of a town or city; councillor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

Is councilman gender-neutral? See -man.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzܲ··· [koun-s, uh, l-, man, -ik], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of councilman1

First recorded in 1650–60; council + man
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A photo of the councilman surrendering to federal agents after a five-hour long standoff circulated across the country.

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The mayor of Calipatria, a city councilman, and the chief of the police hustled to the hospital.

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The building was renamed the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in 1992 in honor of Hahn’s father, who was the county’s longest serving supervisor and a former Los Angeles city councilman.

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It happened in 2003, involving a police captain, a civil rights attorney, a councilman, a deli owner and a tamale maker, among others.

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For almost three decades, the Ontario city councilman has pursued a minor league baseball team for his city.

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