councilmannoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkaʊn.səl.mən/us/ˈkaʊn.səl.mən/plural -men /-mən, -ˌmen/USa man who is an elected member of a local government
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UK politics: local government & politics
- alderman
- authority
- borough
- canton
- city council
- city fathers
- city hall
- councilwoman
- county borough
- county council
- development area
- local authority
- municipality
- parochial
- prefecture
- principal area
- shire
- South Yorkshire
- the North-South divide
- town meeting
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Examples from literature
- Contracts must be passed on separately by aldermen, common councilmen, and the mayor.
- Furthermore, councilmen from one ward are shamefully unresponsive to the needs and desires of citizens in other wards.
- If there are any local councilmen they sit in front with him.
- The boss above him demanded that the councilmen from his ward should be men who would do his bidding without question.
- The council is composed of the mayor and a number of councilmen. They are elected by the voters, usually for a term of one or two years.