Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that advises, such as a person or firm that offers official or professional advice to clients.
- noun An educator who advises students in academic and personal matters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who gives advice or admonition; also, in a bad sense, one who instigates or persuades.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who advises.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
advises .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an expert who gives advice
Etymologies
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Examples
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The ˜adviser™ is simply in a position to supplant the child's choice as to what is best for herself with her own choice as her adviser.
Children's Rights Archard, David William 2006
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John McCain's former presidential campaign manager Steve Schmidt is the latest McCain adviser to cry foul over accusations Sarah Palin has penned in her yet to be released memoir "Going Rogue."
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"Serving as national security adviser is one of the most difficult jobs in government," Obama said.
James Jones to step down as national security adviser Scott Wilson 2010
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"Serving as national security adviser is one of the most difficult jobs in government," Obama said.
James Jones to step down as national security adviser Scott Wilson 2010
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"Serving as national security adviser is one of the most difficult jobs in government," Obama said.
James Jones to step down as national security adviser Scott Wilson 2010
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As Democrats on Capitol Hill are trying to avoid a brewing intra-party battle over treatment of abortion in health care reform legislation, a top presidential adviser is reiterating that President Obama remains opposed to legislation that contains language preferred by more conservative Democrats in Congress.
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Madden, the Romney spokesman, said: I've never met a voter who walked into a voting booth and pulled a lever for a candidate because they have a certain adviser as part of their campaign team.
Greg Mankiw Steps in it Again, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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President Obama's promotion of Thomas E. Donilon on Friday to the post of national security adviser is an acknowledgment that the administration is entering a phase in which domestic political considerations will press more forcefully on foreign policy decisions.
Security job goes to insider Scott Wilson 2010
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And the WH adviser is wrong, we will remember the mess, especially since part of the mess will be the reform itself.
WH may push through health care reform without Republicans 2009
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"Serving as national security adviser is one of the most difficult jobs in government," Obama said.
James Jones to step down as national security adviser Scott Wilson 2010
qroqqa commented on the word adviser
See advisor for details of etymology and preferences. In a nutshell: BrE somewhat prefers -er, AmE -or, but it's not a simple split.
March 24, 2009