Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who gives counsel; an adviser.
- noun An attorney, especially a trial lawyer.
- noun A person who supervises young people at a summer camp.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any person who gives counsel or advice; an adviser: as, in Great Britain the peers of the realm are hereditary counselors of the crown.
- noun A counseling lawyer; a barrister; specifically, in some of the United States, an attorney admitted to practise in all the courts: called distinctively a counselor at law.
- noun Same as
councilor , but properly a different word, the two being confused. Seecouncilor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who counsels; an adviser.
- noun A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under
Consilor .] - noun One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.
- noun someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
professional whocounsels people, especially on personal problems. - noun A licensed and professionally trained counselor.
- noun education A
school counselor , often in a specialty such ascareers ,education , orhealth . - noun law A counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law or counsellor-at-law is an
attorney . - noun politics A high ranking
diplomat , usually just below anambassador orminister . - noun leisure A children’s
supervisor , usually atcamp .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- noun someone who gives advice about problems
- noun someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
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Examples
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“He’s the sort of lawyer who takes the term counselor to heart.”
The Hollow Roberts, Nora 2008
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However, a guidance counselor is a sort of a throwaway character, so I needed something memorable without taking up a lot of lines, because the page count was pretty tight.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Kathleen Bolton, part 2 2009
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Rob suggested it might be nice to have some campus celebrities appear -- our SGA student body president, a counselor from the counseling center, some professors, the head of the LGBT center on campus, even the President of the College.
Matthew Timmons: It Gets Better -- The Ithaca College Version (VIDEO) Matthew Timmons 2010
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A veteran youth counselor is suing a California children's home after she was suspended without pay because teenagers under her supervision overheard Christian music.
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A veteran youth counselor is suing a California children's home after she was suspended without pay because teenagers under her supervision overheard Christian music.
Music 2009
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Rob suggested it might be nice to have some campus celebrities appear -- our SGA student body president, a counselor from the counseling center, some professors, the head of the LGBT center on campus, even the President of the College.
Matthew Timmons: It Gets Better -- The Ithaca College Version (VIDEO) Matthew Timmons 2010
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Forty entrepreneurs walk in, and each takes a seat at a small table where a business counselor is waiting.
Need Advice? We'll Give You 30 Minutes Emily Maltby 2010
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I called a counselor who works with teens and made an appointment for a family meeting tomorrow at five-thirty.
The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010
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Dara, a counselor, is convinced that everyone is inescapably marked by childhood; she throws herself into romantic relationships with frightening intensity.
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Secondly, I reject the notion that the counselor is “doing her job” by preventing men from expressing their pain AS AN INTEGRAL PART of an anger management course.
Subverting Patriarchy: Not just for chicks anymore. « A Bird’s Nest 2007
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