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counselor

[ koun-suh-ler ]

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noun

a person who counsels; adviser.
a faculty member who advises students on personal and academic problems, career choices, and the like.
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.
a lawyer, especially a trial lawyer; counselor-at-law.
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an official of an embassy or legation who ranks below an ambassador or minister.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of counselor¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English counseiler, counseillour, from Anglo-French cunseiler, cunseiliour, Old French conseilleor, conseillier; counsel, -eur, -er ², -or ²

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In replies to stories about the counselor, Musk called Navarro "dumber than a sack of bricks" and the r-slur in multiple posts.

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College counselors examined his application and couldn’t find anything that explained the phenomenon, Nan Zhong said.

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Cerabino said at the time that Emhoff was “a trusted counselor to many global business leaders across a broad range of industries.”

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Attorney for the District of New Jersey — as well as a counselor to the president in the second Trump administration.

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The hospital previously made social workers and counselors available to unit nurses, but uptake for their services was low, Murray said.

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counsellor counselor-at-law

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