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# councillor

«councillor» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person elected to sit on a council, especially a town…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (councillor, councillors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person elected to sit on a council, especially a town, city or local council, to make decisions for the area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#m1)

2) (more general) A member of any council, such as a school council: «a school councillor». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and social studies: councillors run local services such as bins, parks, libraries and roads; people vote for them. At school: pupils may be elected class or school councillors. In news and everyday life: you can write to your councillor about a broken streetlight. Phrases: «local councillor», «city councillor», «school councillor», «elected councillor».

### examples

- Our local councillor came to open the new playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#x1)
- I was voted school councillor for my class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#x2)
- Write to your councillor about the potholes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#x3)
- The councillors voted to build a new library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#x4)
- My aunt is a city councillor in Melbourne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#x5)
- The school councillors asked for more benches in the yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#x6)
- A councillor visited our class to talk about democracy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#x7)
- The Councillor stood still, and watched a most strange procession pass by. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/#x8)

### note

British/Australian/NZ spelling «councillor»; American «councilor». Homophone trap: «counsellor» (US «counselor») is a person who gives advice, such as a school counsellor. A council makes decisions; counsel is advice. Capital C before a name as a title: «Councillor Patel».

### In the corpora

- [Councillors are elected by local people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/4/)
- [The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «councillor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/councillor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.