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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The next day, Gen. Mohammad Reza Naghdi, an adviser to Vahidi, said the paramilitary force must be prepared to take operations into enemy territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Lamour criticised Infantino, while a senior adviser to Infantino, Carlos Cordeiro, resigned.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
It's natural to feel anxious, according to Mel Kennedy, student wellbeing adviser at Ulster University, who says change "can be scary" and lots of people experience "fear of the unknown".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Katie Miller is the wife of Deputy Chief of Staff and long-time Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
“You would have been Hamlet’s most trusted adviser, had he become king of Denmark.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Iranian government advisers see the next stage of the confrontation going beyond conventional warfare to include external attempts to foster domestic unrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Military officials and advisers expressed concerns that reducing the joint drills would undermine military readiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
These types of advisers have models and plans and probably already know how they’re going to structure your service before you even walk into the room.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
I have two advisers who both independently insist that I remain invested in the market since inflation is the biggest threat to my portfolio, which is worth over $10 million.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Undoubtedly. Now, turn to that paper, and tell me whether it distinctly states that the prisoner expressly said that his legal advisers instructed him altogether to reserve his defence?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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