councilmate

English

Etymology

From council +‎ -mate.

Noun

councilmate (plural councilmates)

  1. A member of the same council.
    • 1988 May 6, Ben Joravsky, “Mystery zoning: What's going down in the Ninth Ward”, in Chicago Reader‎[1], archived from the original on 30 September 2015:
      This enormously expensive proposition was ignored by Mayor Washington and Shaw's councilmates, as was his previous suggestion that all gas stations in Chicago be required to maintain operating bathrooms.
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