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coun·se·lor

   [koun-suh-ler]
noun
1.
a person who counsels; adviser.
2.
a faculty member who advises students on personal and academic problems, career choices, and the like.
3.
an assistant at a children's camp, often a high-school or college student, who supervises a group of children or directs a particular activity, as nature study or a sport.
4.
a lawyer, especially a trial lawyer; counselor-at-law.
5.
an official of an embassy or legation who ranks below an ambassador or minister.
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Also, especially British, coun·sel·lor.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English counseiler < Anglo-French cunseiler, cunseiliour, Old French conseilleor. See counsel, -eur, -er2, -or2

Related forms
coun·se·lor·ship; especially British, coun·sel·lor·ship, noun
pre·coun·sel·lor, noun

Can be confused: 1. attorney, counsel, counselor, lawyer, litigator; 2. councillor, counselor.

Synonyms
4. counsel, advocate, attorney; solicitor, barrister.

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counsellor or counselor (ˈkaʊnsələ)
 
—n
1.  a person who gives counsel; adviser
2.  a person, such as a social worker, who is involved in counselling
3.  (US) Also called: counselor-at-law a lawyer, esp one who conducts cases in court; attorney
4.  a senior British diplomatic officer
5.  a US diplomatic officer ranking just below an ambassador or minister
6.  a person who advises students or others on personal problems or academic and occupational choice
 
 
counselor or counselor
 
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'counsellorship or counselor
 
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'counselorship or counselor
 
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counsellor
early 13c., from O.Fr. conseillere, from L. consilatore, agent noun from consiliare, from consilium (see counsel). Meaning "one who gives professional legal advice" is from 1530s. Psychological sense (marriage counsellor, etc., is from 1940).
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Counsellor definition


an adviser (Prov. 11:14; 15:22), a king's state counsellor (2 Sam. 15:12). Used once of the Messiah (Isa. 9:6). In Mark 15:43, Luke 23:50, the word probably means a member of the Jewish Sanhedrim.

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