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noun
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a person who gives professional or expert advice: a consultant on business methods.
2.
a person who consults someone or something.
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Consultant
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example Sentences
- But she did say a part-time consultant had recently helped set up all her computer systems.
- It seems almost impossible to argue that you shouldn't take on outside work as a consultant.
- Matt worked as an energy consultant helping homeowners and businesses develop solar power systems.
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Word Origin & History
consultant
1690s, of persons going to oracles, from L. consultantem, prp. of consultare (see consultation). Of physicians, from 1878; meaning "one qualified to give professional advice" is first attested 1893 in a "Sherlock Holmes" story. Related: Consultancy (1955).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
consultant con·sult·ant (kən-sŭl'tənt)
n.
A physician or surgeon who does not take actual charge of a patient, but acts in an advisory capacity to the patient's primary physician.
Such a member of a hospital staff who may advise the attending physician or surgeon.
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Computing Dictionary
consultant definition
jobA person who facilitates organisational change and/or provides subject matter expertise on technical, functional and business topics during development or implementation. Consultants perform business requirements analysis, recommends selection of packaged software, develop proposals for consulting services and manage implementation projects at client sites. They provides expert knowledge of products such as SAP R/3, PeopleSoft, HRMS/Financials, and SmartStream.
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