Meanings
plural councilmembers
- USA councilman or councilwoman; a member of a council, often a city council or town council.
Near-synonyms: councilman, councilwoman, selectperson, selectman, selectwoman
1 more example
An El Portal Village councilmember is under fire for using the N-word twice during a meeting.
2026 January 26, Morgan Rynor, “El Portal Councilman sparks outrage after using N-Word twice in public meeting; calls for apology, resignation grow”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2026Synonyms: councilperson, councilor, councillor, councilman, councilwoman, selectperson, selectman, selectwoman
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA councilman or councilwoman; a member of a council, often a city council or town council.
Origin
Translations
Finnish valtuutettu
- valtuutettumember of a council
German Ratsmitglied
- Ratsmitgliedmember of a council
Hindi पार्षद
- पार्षद (pārṣad)member of a council
Polish radny, radna
- radnymember of a council
- radnamember of a council
Spanish concejal
- concejalmember of a council
Turkish konsey üyesi, kurul üyesi
- konsey üyesimember of a council
- kurul üyesimember of a council
- meclis üyesimember of a council
Cite this entry
councilmember. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/councilmember
“councilmember.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/councilmember. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “councilmember,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/councilmember.
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