Quick links
town council
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.
n.
the elected municipal officers who administer a town.
Quotations
1863
The town-council consists of five members, one of whom is town-reeve; the town-reeves form the county council; and the presiding officer elected by them is called the warden.
1955
He felt that the nine-man Town Council was carrying the load for all the taxpayers. . . .