town council

EnglishEdit

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town council

NounEdit

town council (plural town councils)

The governing body of people elected to oversee management of a town and represent the interests of residents.

Usage notesEdit

In England and Wales, town councils represent civil parishes and communities where the parish or community council have declared themselves to be a town council. The civil parish or community would normally in such cases include a place regarded as a town.

Related termsEdit

community council (Wales)
parish council (England)

TranslationsEdit

governing body

Finnish: kunnanvaltuusto (fi), kaupunginvaltuusto (fi)
French: conseil municipal (fr) m
German: Stadtrat (de) m
Italian: giunta comunale f
Polish: rada miejska
Welsh: cyngor tref m

ReferencesEdit

“town council”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.