| 单词 | common-councilman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈcommon-ˈcouncilman ˈcommon-ˈcouncilman n. A member of a common council; a common councillor. Now used of the city of London, and common in U.S. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > member of local government council > town-councillor portman1346–7 commoner1384 burgessc1390 common-councilmana1637 councilman1659 corporator1670 gownsman1675 counsel-house-man1697 town councillor1731 a1637 B. Jonson Fall of Mortimer i. i. 24 in Wks. (1640) III I, who am no common Councell man. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 73. ⁋17 As the Common-Council-Men of the said Ward shall think fit. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 335 [Vanity] qualifies the common councilman to dictate measures of state. 1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) iii. 79 As the stout reforming Common-Councilman said to the spare conservative Alderman. 1873 Ruskin in Contemp. Rev. XXI. 934 Mr. Greg's..philosophy of Expenditure was expressed with great precision by the Common Councilmen of New York. < as lemmas |
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