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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Counselor \Coun"sel*or\ (koun"s?l-?r), n. [Written also {counsellor}.] [OE. conseiler F. conseiller fr L. consiliarius fr consilium counsel.] 1. One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no? --Shak. 2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. Note: [See under {Consilor}.] 3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister. Good counselors lack no clients. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: counsellor n 1: someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp [syn: {counselor}] 2: gives advice about personal problems [syn: {counselor}] 3: a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: {advocate}, {counsel}, {counselor}, {counselor-at-law}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Counsellor an adviser (Prov. 11:14; 15:22), a king's state counsellor (2 Sam. 15:12). Used once of the Messiah (Isa. 9:6). In Mark 15:43, Luke 23:50, the word probably means a member of the Jewish Sanhedrim.
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