advisee

American  

[ad-vahy-zee, ad-] / æd vaɪˈzi, ˌæd- /

noun

Education.

1. one of a group of students assigned to a faculty adviser for help in selection of a course of studies.

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Etymology

Origin of advisee

First recorded in 1815–25; advise + -ee

Example Sentences

“How can advice intended to protect an advisee from sexual violence be itself construed as sexual harassment?” they asked.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

“She was very distressed,” Ms. Hirschel said of the advisee, who lives out of state.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2021

Before offering recommendations, we should ask our advisee questions aimed at better understanding why they consulted us in the first place and how we can be most helpful to them.

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2018

The task force realized that the only way to guarantee a professor would properly refer to a student was to supply the student’s pronoun on class rosters and advisee lists.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015

But there is a corresponding right on the part of the advisee, and that is to take no more of the advice than he thinks is good for him.

From By the Christmas Fire by Crothers, Samuel McChord