councilist
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Etymology edit
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councilist (plural councilists)
- (obsolete) One who belongs to a council; one who gives an opinion.
- 1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 197:
- I will in three months be an expert Counceliſt.
- A communist who advocates workers' councils