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/kˈaʊnsələr/ /kˈaʊnslər/ Listen

noun

counsellor n. Same as counselor.

Synonyms: counselor.

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Counsellor" Quotes from Famous Books

... friend, the 'Sheriff,' came to congratulate me on such prompt action by the committee, and hoped I would be as successful with the ring on the floor of the House. I told him that he seemed to be well posted on such matters, and I would like to retain him as my counsellor in the case. With that characteristic modesty which adheres to a veteran member of the Third House, who has served fifteen winters in the lobby, he protested his want of ability to manage such matters; ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... freshly-painted piece of tin (its brief rhetoric revelling in the pride and pomp of gold leaf alphabetically shaped), denominated by lawyers "a shingle"—setting forth that some sanguine gentleman has then and there established himself as an Attorney and Counsellor ...

— The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II • Various

... called to an ampler field and far heavier responsibilities. Not as a soldier alone, but as financier, diplomatist, statesman, he had his part to play. While Napoleon languished on his lonely island, his great conqueror, the plenipotentiary of his own Government, the most trusted counsellor of many sovereigns, the adviser of foreign Administrations, was universally acknowledged as the mastermind of Europe. Nor was the mark which Wellington left on history insignificant. The results of ...

— Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War • G. F. R. Henderson

... shall you view the honorablest scholar, The most religious politician, The worthiest counsellor that tends our state. That study is the general watch of England; In it the prince's safety, and the peace That shines upon our commonwealth, are forged ...

— Sir Thomas More • William Shakespeare [Apocrypha]

... probably in consequence of her urgent voice and agitated manner that she came to be shown straight into Sir Justin's library, without warning on either side, and thus surprised her counsellor in the act of softly singing a well-known hymn to the accompaniment of a small harmonium. He seemed for a moment to be a trifle embarrassed, and the glance he threw at his footman appeared to indicate an early vacancy in his establishment; but as soon ...

— Count Bunker • J. Storer Clouston

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