counsellor

counsellor
    n 1: someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp [syn:
         {counselor}, {counsellor}]
    2: someone who gives advice about problems [syn: {counselor},
       {counsellor}]
    3: a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: {advocate},
       {counsel}, {counselor}, {counsellor}, {counselor-at-law},
       {pleader}]
    

counsellor \counsellor\ n.
   same as {counselor}.

   Syn: counselor.
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Counselor \Coun"sel*or\ (koun"s[e^]l*[~e]r), n. [Written also
   {counsellor}.] [OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L.
   consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel.]
   1. One who counsels; an adviser.
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            Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a
            good counselor, or no?                --Shak.
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   2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign
      or chief magistrate.

   Note: [See under {Consilor}.]
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   3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage
      causes for clients in court; a barrister.

   Syn: advocate, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law;
        attorney.
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              Good counselors lack no clients.    --Shak.
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   4. someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp.
      [PJC]
    

Counsellor
an adviser (Prov. 11:14; 15:22), a king's state counsellor (2
Sam. 15:12). Used once of the Messiah (Isa. 9:6). In Mark 15:43,
Luke 23:50, the word probably means a member of the Jewish
Sanhedrim.
    

COUNSELLOR, government. A counsellor is a member of a council. In some of 
the states the executive power is vested in a governor, or a governor and 
lieutenant governor, and council. The members of such council are called 
counsellors. See the names of the several states.