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COUNSELOR
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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 ("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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