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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counselor \Coun"sel*or\ (koun"s[e^]l*[~e]r), noun [Written also {counsellor}.] [OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel.]
1. One who counsels; an adviser.
Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no? --Shak.
2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate.
Note: [See under {Consilor}.]
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.
Good counselors lack no clients. --Shak.
4. someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
counsellor \counsellor\ n. same as {counselor}.
Syn: counselor. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
counsellor
noun
1: someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp [syn: {counselor}]
2: some who gives advice about problems [syn: {counselor}]
3: a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: {advocate}, {counsel}, {counselor}, {counselor-at-law}, {pleader}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.
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