councilmate

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noun

A member of the same council.

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Meanings

nouncouncilmate (plural councilmates)

plural councilmates

  1. A member of the same council.

    This enormously expensive proposition was ignored by Mayor Washington and Shaw's councilmates, as was his previous suggestion that all gas stations in Chicago be required to maintain operating bathrooms.

    1988 May 6, Ben Joravsky, “Mystery zoning: What's going down in the Ninth Ward”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2015

Origin

From council + -mate.

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APA

councilmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/councilmate

MLA

“councilmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/councilmate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “councilmate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/councilmate.

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