councillor
Pluralcouncillors
- 1An elected representative who serves on a local authority, such as a city council.
The newly elected councillor pledged to expand the town's recycling program.
Voters chose three new councillors to represent the district.
Similarrepresentative
- 2A person who serves as a member of a council.
The tribal council appointed a new councillor to fill the vacant seat.
Several councillors on the church board questioned the proposal.
Note
A word reshaped by the body it belongs to: it began as counsellor and was altered to match council, so that it now reads simply as council plus -or. That shared history is why the two are so easily confused. A councillor holds a seat on a council; a counsellor is someone who gives counsel. When the person sits on a council, spell it with -cil-.
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Origin
This is an altered form of "counsellor," reshaped to match the word "council." On the surface it can be read as "council" plus the suffix "-or."