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/kˈaʊnsələr/ Listen

noun

Counselor n. (Written also counsellor)

One who counsels; an adviser. "Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no?"

A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. Note: (See under Consilor.)

One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.

Synonyms: advocate, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law; attorney. "Good counselors lack no clients."

Someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp.

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Etymology of 'Counselor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Counselor" Quotes from Famous Books

... born in the town of Fairfax, and practiced law in the county. He served as a state senator and as a congressman. In 1933 he was appointed an assistant secretary of state, and in 1937, he became counselor of the Department of State. Throughout his adult life he was a member of numerous boards and commissions including the boards of visitors of the University of Virginia and the ...

— The Fairfax County Courthouse • Ross D. Netherton

... Wendell Phillips the nation has lost one of its greatest moral heroes, its most eloquent orator and honest advocate of justice and equality for all classes; and woman in her struggle for enfranchisement has lost in him a steadfast friend and wise counselor. His consistency in the application of republican principles of government brought him to the woman suffrage platform at the inauguration of the movement, where he remained faithful to the end. The National Woman Suffrage Association in convention assembled, would express their gratitude for ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various

... nor even to meet publicly for worship. Yet the opposition to the proposed law was warm, and was fomented by part of the nobility and of the clergy. One of the great ladies of the court called on each counselor of the Parliament, and left a note to remind him of his duty to the Catholic religion and the laws. The Bishop of Dol told the king of France that he would be answerable to God and man for the misfortunes which ...

— The Eve of the French Revolution • Edward J. Lowell

... the old warrior and the wise counselor of the Greeks, had ruled over three generations of men, and was wise as the ...

— The Woman's Bible. • Elizabeth Cady Stanton

... mind, the fulfillment of her dedication, for he was, according to the accounts of friends of the family, a child of extraordinary intelligence, and she felt that God had taken him from her. In one of those moments of confidence, in the years when I had become a counselor to her, I remember her telling me of this boy (known in the family as "little William," to distinguish him from me), and the sufferings she endured through her doubts, lest he should have lived long enough to sin, and had not repented, for, though her dreary creed taught ...

— The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I • Stillman, William James

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