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English
Etymology
Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council.
Noun
councillor (plural councillors) (British spelling, Canadian spelling) (primary)
- A member of a council.
- In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor
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Translations
member of a city council
- Basque: zinegotzi sg, erregidore sg (formal)
- Bulgarian: съветник (bg) m (sǎvetnik)
- Catalan: regidor (ca) m, regidora (ca) f, edil m or f (formal)
- Czech: radní (cs) m or f
- Finnish: valtuutettu (fi); (in a city council) kaupunginvaltuutettu (fi)
- French: conseiller (fr) m, conseillère (fr) f, French: conseiller municipal (fr) m
- Galician: concelleiro m, concelleira f, conselleiro (gl) m, conselleira f
- Italian: assessore (it)
- Malagasy: mpanolotsaina
- Maori: kaikaunihera, mema kaunihera
- Polish: radny (pl) m, radna (pl) f
- Portuguese: vereador (pt) m, vereadora f, conselheiro (pt) m, conselheira (pt) f
- Russian: чле́н сове́та m (člén sovéta), сове́тник (ru) m (sovétnik)
- Spanish: concejal (es) m or f, regidor (es) m (Catalan-speaking bilingual areas mostly), regidora (es) f (Catalan-speaking bilingual areas mostly), edil (es) m or f (formal)
- Tagalog: konsehal
- Welsh: cynghorydd (cy) m
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