Counsellor

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  counsellor \counsellor\ n.
     same as {counselor}.
  
     Syn: counselor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counselor \Coun"sel*or\ (koun"s[e^]l*[~e]r), n. [Written also
     {counsellor}.] [OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L.
     consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel.]
     1. One who counsels; an adviser.
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              Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a
              good counselor, or no?                --Shak.
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     2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign
        or chief magistrate.
  
     Note: [See under {Consilor}.]
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     3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage
        causes for clients in court; a barrister.
  
     Syn: advocate, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law;
          attorney.
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                Good counselors lack no clients.    --Shak.
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     4. someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  counsellor
       n 1: someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp [syn: {counselor}]
       2: some who gives advice about problems [syn: {counselor}]
       3: a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: {advocate}, {counsel},
           {counselor}, {counselor-at-law}, {pleader}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Counsellor
     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.
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  COUNSELLOR, government. A counsellor is a member of a council. In some of 
  the states the executive power is vested in a governor, or a governor and 
  lieutenant governor, and council. The members of such council are called 
  counsellors. See the names of the several states.