councillor
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 →
2) (more general) A member of any council, such as a school council: «a school councillor». tree →
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 →
- I was voted school councillor for my class. tree →
- Write to your councillor about the potholes. tree →
- The councillors voted to build a new library. tree →
- My aunt is a city councillor in Melbourne. tree →
- The school councillors asked for more benches in the yard. tree →
- A councillor visited our class to talk about democracy. tree →
- The Councillor stood still, and watched a most strange procession pass by. tree →
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.
- The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «councillor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.