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COUNSELOR

Pronunciation (US):

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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:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("counselor" 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:

counselorship (the position of counselor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who gives advice about problems

Synonyms:

counsellor; counselor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("counselor" is a kind of...):

adviser; advisor; consultant (an expert who gives advice)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "counselor"):

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)

counselorship (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 ("counselor" is a kind of...):

supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)

Derivation:

counselorship (the position of counselor)

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