privy councillor
构词拆解
-or
后缀
- -or
- Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed. · (electrical science) Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance
词源说明
Formed as privy council + -or after councillor.
释义
名词noun
- 1A member of a privy council; a close, intimate advisor, usually to a monarch.