Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

councilmate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-cil-mate
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the same council.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From council + -mate.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: council

Inflected Forms

councilmates (plural)

Questions

What does councilmate mean?: A member of the same council.
Where does councilmate come from?: From council + -mate.

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