chamber counsel

noun

1. a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court

Example Sentences

I think ye are catched—An' so ye are turned chamber-counsel, are ye?

From Project Gutenberg

To the character of an orator he made no pretensions, but he evinced great ability as a chamber counsel.

From Project Gutenberg

After giving some directions to Lennard, I hastened to keep my appointment, which was at the Temple with a chamber-counsel.

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