counsellor
Britishnoun
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a person who gives counsel; adviser
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a person, such as a social worker, who is involved in counselling
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Also called: counselor-at-law. a lawyer, esp one who conducts cases in court; attorney
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a senior British diplomatic officer
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a US diplomatic officer ranking just below an ambassador or minister
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a person who advises students or others on personal problems or academic and occupational choice
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See councillor
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Reforms should "take into account victim-survivors' traumatic reactions", Florence Tsang, a trauma counsellor at the sexual violence crisis centre RainLily, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Peter Navarro, the president’s trade counsellor, have bickered acridly, as the former sought to persuade the president on the merits of tariff exemptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Major, a professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter, added: "The reality is that a teacher these days is a counsellor, a social worker, a poverty alleviator and a guardian of respectful values."
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
"I was always told it was confidential between the counsellor and the person they are talking to," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
The counsellor suggested that I plan on going to my father’s college, because they had to let me in.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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