councilist

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Etymology[edit]

council +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

councilist (plural councilists)

  1. (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.
  2. A communist who advocates workers' councils

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