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counsellor

/ˈkaʊnsələ/KOWN-suh-lur
/ˈkaʊnsəlɚ/KOWN-suh-lur

Meaningone who gives counsel

Common meaning: an adviser, often trained to help with personal problems

Journey through time

  1. Latinconsilium‘deliberation’source
  2. Old Frenchconseilsource
  3. Middle Englishconseilsource
  4. Englishcounsel‘advice’
  5. Englishformed in English from counselcounsellor‘an adviser, often trained to help with personal problems’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from counsel + -or.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COUNSEL, p.137 · scan

Source words

  • consilium Latin · source word “deliberation”

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