COUNSELOR Definition & Meaning

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counselor

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[koun-suh-ler]

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noun

a person who counsels; adviser.
a faculty member who advises students on personal and academic problems, career choices, and the like.
an assistant at a children's camp, often a high school or college student, who supervises a group of children or directs a particular activity, as nature study or a sport.
a lawyer, especially a trial lawyer; counselor-at-law.
Synonyms: , , , ,
an official of an embassy or legation who ranks below an ambassador or minister.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

counselorship noun
precounsellor noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of counselor¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English counseiler, counseillour, from Anglo-French cunseiler, cunseiliour, Old French conseilleor, conseillier; counsel, -eur, -er ², -or ²

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In March, the court voted to hear a free-speech challenge to laws in California and 21 other states that forbid licensed counselors from using “conversion therapy” with minors.

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Camp counselor gigs that paid in bug spray and sunburns.

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Whether it’s a family member, counselor, or Big Brother, or perhaps a stepfather or teacher, we want to know how they’ve influenced your life.

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And Weinstein, by his counselor’s own admission, expected to be given access to their bodies in exchange for proximity to that key.

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Her father, whom she calls a “working-class English German mutt,” was an attendance counselor for LAUSD.

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counsellor counselor-at-law

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