adviser

or ad·vi·sor

[ ad-vahy-zer ]

/ ædˈvaɪ zər /

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noun

one who gives advice.

Education. a teacher responsible for advising students on academic matters.

a fortuneteller.

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Origin of adviser

First recorded in 1605–15; advise + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM adviser

ad·vis·er·ship, noun

Words nearby adviser

advise, advised, advisedly, advisee, advisement, adviser, advisory, advisory opinion, advisory teacher, advocaat, advocacy

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Example sentences from the Web for adviser

She also serves as his adviser on energy and economic development issues.
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Then came Hipmunk, a travel search website, for which Ohanian is now an adviser.
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D'Souza, 53, is a Bombay-born author and "documentarian" who served as an adviser for President Ronald Reagan.
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And former senior Obama adviser David Axelrod dismissed it as “sketchy.”
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During that deployment, as an adviser, I met with Iraqi counterparts weekly, sometimes more.
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One "adviser" arranges everything nicely in the interests of his country, and then what does the "corrupt" Chinese official do?
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He himself went as friend and adviser to the bereaved girl, a position which a certain letter had secured for him.
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Woman-like, she threw the blame of her lover's action entirely upon the adviser.
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He did not know what had become of her, and the facts he had to lay before his adviser were very few.
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You might perhaps have chosen a better man than Del Ferice for your adviser.
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British Dictionary definitions for adviser

adviser

advisor

/ (ədˈvaɪzə) /

noun

a person who advises

education a person responsible for advising students on academic matters, career guidance, etc

British education a subject specialist who advises heads of schools on current teaching methods and facilities

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adviser

or ad·vi·sor

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for adviser

advisor

noun