councilmann.
A member of a council, esp. of that of a corporate town; a councillor.
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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
1659 W. Sheppard Of Corporations 57 To name the present Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Councel-men, and Officers.
1881 T. E. Bridgett Hist. Holy Eucharist II. 281 The bailiffs and councilmen were summoned to appear personally at Rome.
1911 Oklahoma Session Laws 3rd Legisl. 131 The mayor and councilmen of the city of Norman, Oklahoma, are hereby empowered.
1970 New Yorker 27 June 44/3 The futile debate which councilmen and the mayor engaged in.
Derivatives
ˈcommon-ˈcouncilman n. A member of a common council; a common councillor. Now used of the city of London, and common in U.S.
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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.
Derivatives
councilˈmanic adj. (U.S.)
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [adjective] > relating to member of town council
councilmanic1861
1861 N.Y. Tribune Nov. Fifth Councilmanic District. Delegates nominated.
1881 Philadelphia Record No. 3457. 1 Charges..made by a councilmanic sub-committee.
1904 Philad. Press 1 June 4 Upon arriving at St. Louis the councilmanic party from this city will be taken to luncheon.
1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xvi. 197 He..read history..councilmanic proceedings.
1930 H. Zink City Bosses in U.S. xii. 242 The Municipal League elected..ten of the councilmanic candidates it had endorsed.
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