councilist

English

Etymology

From council +‎ -ist.

Noun

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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• councilism

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