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councilors

[koun-suh-ler, -sler] Origin

coun·ci·lor

[koun-suh-ler, -sler]
noun
1.
a member of a council.


Origin:
1300–50; council + -or2; replacing Middle English conseiler < Anglo-French: adviser; see counselor

coun·ci·lor·ship, noun
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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councilor
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