ˈcouncil-man
A member of a council, esp. of that of a corporate town; a councillor.
| 1659 W. Sheppard Corporations, etc. 57 To name the present Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Councel-men, and Officers. 1881 Bridgett Hist. Eucharist II. 281 The bailiffs and councilmen were summoned to appear personally at Rome. 1911 Oklahoma Session Laws 3rd Legisl. 131 The mayor and councilmen of the city of Norman, Oklahoma, are hereby empowered. 1970 New Yorker 27 June 44/3 The futile debate which councilmen and the mayor engaged in. |
ˈcommon-ˈcouncilman. A member of a common council; a common councillor. Now used of the city of London, and common in U.S.
| a 1637 B. Jonson Fall of Mortimer i. i, I, who am no common-council-man. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 73 ¶17 As the Common-Council-Men of the said Ward shall think fit. 1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 127 [Vanity] qualifies the common councilman to dictate measures of state. 1837 Sir F. Palgrave Merch. & Friar iii. (1844) 79 As the stout reforming Common-Councilman said to the spare conservative Alderman. 1873 Ruskin in Contemp. Rev. XXI. 934 Mr. Greg's..philosophy of Expenditure was expressed with great precision by the Common Councilmen of New York. |
Hence councilˈmanic a. (U.S.)
| 1861 N.Y. Tribune Nov. (Bartlett), Fifth Councilmanic District. Delegates nominated. 1881 Philadelphia Record No. 3457. 1 Charges..made by a councilmanic sub-committee. 1904 Philad. Press 1 June 4 Upon arriving at St. Louis the councilmanic party from this city will be taken to luncheon. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xvi. 197 He..read history..councilmanic proceedings. 1930 H. Zink City Bosses in U.S. xii. 242 The Municipal League elected..ten of the councilmanic candidates it had endorsed. |