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con⋅sult⋅ant

[kuhn-suhl-tnt]
–noun
1. a person who gives professional or expert advice: a consultant on business methods.
2. a person who consults someone or something.

Origin:
1690–1700; (< F) < L consultant- (s. of consultāns, prp. of consultāre). See consult, -ant
con·sul·tant   (kən-sŭl'tənt)   
n.  
  1. One who gives expert or professional advice.
  2. One who consults another.
con·sul'tant·ship' n.

Main Entry: con·sul·tant
Pronunciation: k&n-'s<-&nt
Function: noun
: one (as a physician, surgeon, or psychologist)called in for professional advice or services
Language Translation for : consultant
Spanish: asesor, consultor,
German: der Gutachter,
Japanese: コンサルタント

consultant con·sult·ant (kən-sŭl'tənt)
n.

  1. 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.
  2. Such a member of a hospital staff who may advise the attending physician or surgeon.

consultant job
A 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.
(2004-03-09)

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