# councillor

Pronunciation: US say "KOWN-suh-ler" /ˈkaʊnsəlɚ/; UK say "KOWN-suh-luh" /ˈkaʊnsələ/

## Noun

1. An elected representative who serves on a local authority, such as a city council.
   - Simple: A person elected to help run a town or city through its council.
   - _The newly elected councillor pledged to expand the town's recycling program._
   - _Voters chose three new councillors to represent the district._
2. A person who serves as a member of a council.
   - Simple: A person who is 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._

## 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."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/councillor (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).