Councillor
['kaʊns(ə)lə] or ['kaʊnslɚ]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Councilor.] Council-man, member of a council.
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Examples
- Emma found that it was not Mr. Weston's fault that the number of privy councillors was not yet larger. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Their bodies were heaped together, a leathern carpet was spread over them, and on this gruesome table Abul Abbas and his councillors feasted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was presently succeeded by Darius the Mede (521 B.C.), the son of Hystaspes, one of the chief councillors of Cyrus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He would keep his councillors up to unearthly hours, and betray a simple pride in his superior wakefulness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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