{
    "term": "councillor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a member of a city or county council",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Councillor Ann Jones"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Talk to your local councillor about the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is the area's only Green county councillor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She served as a Conservative councillor for Harwich for many years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Talk to your city councillor about the problem."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["borough", "city", "county"],
                "verb + councillor": ["elect somebody (as)"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊnsələ(r)/",
                "audio": "co/councillor/councillor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊnsələr/",
                "audio": "co/councillor/councillor__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: alteration of counsellor, by association with council."
}