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assessore

councillor

noun ahs-seh-SOH-reh Less Common
People & Society Government

Origin: Latin assessor 'one who sits beside', from assidere.

Also means

alderman

Usage Note

Assessore is a specific Italian civic role — a member of a municipal or regional executive (giunta), roughly equivalent to a cabinet member at local level. The feminine is assessora (increasingly common) or l'assessore with a feminine article. It is not a generic word for 'councillor'.

Examples

"L'assessore all'urbanistica ha approvato il piano."

Natural Translation

The councillor for urban planning approved the plan.

Literal Translation

The councillor to-the urban-planning has approved the plan.

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