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COUNSELLOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lawyer who pleads cases in court
Synonyms:
advocate; counsel; counsellor; counselor; counselor-at-law; pleader
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("counsellor" is a kind of...):
attorney; lawyer (a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
counsellorship (the position of counselor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who gives advice about problems
Synonyms:
counsellor; counselor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("counsellor" is a kind of...):
adviser; advisor; consultant (an expert who gives advice)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "counsellor"):
Dutch uncle (a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly)
Instance hyponyms:
Nestor ((Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy)
Derivation:
counsel (give advice to)
counsellorship (the position of counselor)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
Synonyms:
counsellor; counselor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("counsellor" is a kind of...):
supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)
Derivation:
counsellorship (the position of counselor)
Context examples:
I discovered my admiration, that I had not observed any of these illustrious persons at court; the black spot on the forehead being so remarkable a distinction, that I could not have easily overlooked it: and it was impossible that his majesty, a most judicious prince, should not provide himself with a good number of such wise and able counsellors.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I did feel, sometimes, for a little while, that I could have wished my wife had been my counsellor; had had more character and purpose, to sustain me and improve me by; had been endowed with power to fill up the void which somewhere seemed to be about me; but I felt as if this were an unearthly consummation of my happiness, that never had been meant to be, and never could have been.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Down this, amid the shouts of the enormous multitude, the prince cantered with his two attendant kings, his high officers of state, and his long train of lords and ladies, courtiers, counsellors, and soldiers, with toss of plume and flash of jewel, sheen of silk and glint of gold—as rich and gallant a show as heart could wish.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
These were searched and sought out through the whole nation, by the prince and his wisest counsellors, among such of the priesthood as were most deservedly distinguished by the sanctity of their lives, and the depth of their erudition; who were indeed the spiritual fathers of the clergy and the people.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
That if his majesty, in consideration of your services, and pursuant to his own merciful disposition, would please to spare your life, and only give orders to put out both your eyes, he humbly conceived, that by this expedient justice might in some measure be satisfied, and all the world would applaud the lenity of the emperor, as well as the fair and generous proceedings of those who have the honour to be his counsellors.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I described that extraordinary care always taken of their education in arts and arms, to qualify them for being counsellors both to the king and kingdom; to have a share in the legislature; to be members of the highest court of judicature, whence there can be no appeal; and to be champions always ready for the defence of their prince and country, by their valour, conduct, and fidelity.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
