noun
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a person who advises
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education a person responsible for advising students on academic matters, career guidance, etc
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education a subject specialist who advises heads of schools on current teaching methods and facilities
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If you're an expert who gives advice or offers professional consultations, you can call yourself an adviser. You can have an adviser in many areas — he or she may also be called a consultant. A person who helps you decide what classes to take is called an academic adviser. You may also have a tax adviser to help during an audit or a career adviser to help plan your next steps after college. Whoever you take advice from, be advised that this word is sometimes spelled advisor.
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Nixon’s Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger got book deals, and Rubio is the only one in Trump’s sphere who has a chance of replicating Kissinger’s post-Nixon success.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
The crypto decision doesn’t represent a cultural shift at Vanguard, says Jeff DeMaso, editor of the Independent Vanguard Adviser newsletter, but rather highlights the tension between its money-management and brokerage divisions.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Most sit outside the big banks, according to the trade group Investment Adviser Association.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
You can search the backgrounds of registered investment advisers and their firms with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure database, which will provide you with any disciplinary actions against them.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
Ella whipped around to find the Tower Adviser, Ms. Paige, standing beside a boy with thick Iocs and deep brown skin.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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