councilmember
noun
councilmember is a noun meaning “A councilman or councilwoman; a member of a council, often a city council or town council” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-U-N-C-I-L-M-E-M-B-E-R, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of councilmember is councilmembers.
What does councilmember mean?
noun
- 1
USA councilman or councilwoman; a member of a council, often a city council or town council.
Near-synonyms: councilman, councilwoman, selectperson, selectman, selectwoman
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of councilmember
- councilmembers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is councilmember?
Councilmember appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Councilmember in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense member of a council:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Ratsmitglied |
| Spanish | concejal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does councilmember come from?
From council + member.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).