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Definition: Counselor |
CounselorNoun1. Some who gives advice about problems. 2. Someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp. 3. A lawyer who pleads cases in court. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "counselor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a counselor, you are likely to be possessed of some ability yourself, and you will usually prefer your own judgment to that of others. Be guarded in executing your ideas of right. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Education | One who counsels, an advisor; a faculty member, as in a high school, who advises students on personal and academic problems. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Conducts criminal and civil lawsuits, draws up legal documents, advises clients as to legal rights, and practices other phases of law: Gathers evidence in divorce, civil, criminal, and other cases to formulate defense or to initiate legal action. Conducts research, interviews clients and witnesses, and handles other details in preparation for trial. Prepares legal briefs, develops strategy, arguments, and testimony in preparation for presentation of case. Files brief with court clerk. Represents client in court and before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies of government. Interprets laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses. May confer with colleagues with specialty in area of lawsuit to establish and verify basis for legal proceedings. May act as trustee, guardian, or executor. May draft wills, trusts, transfer of assets, gifts, and other documents. May advise corporate clients concerning transactions of business involving internal affairs, stockholders, directors, officers, and corporate relations with general public. May supervise and coordinate activities of subordinate legal personnel. May prepare business contracts, pay taxes, settle labor disputes, and administer other legal matters. May teach college courses in law. May specialize in specific phase of law. (references) |
| Counsels individuals and provides group educational and vocational guidance services: Collects, organizes, and analyzes information about individuals through records, tests, interviews, and professional sources, to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilities, and personality characteristics, for vocational and educational planning. Compiles and studies occupational, educational, and economic information to aid counselees in making and carrying out vocational and educational objectives. Refers students to placement service. Assists individuals to understand and overcome social and emotional problems. May engage in research and follow-up activities to evaluate counseling techniques. May teach classes. May be designated according to area of activity as Academic Counselor (education); Career Placement Services Counselor (education); Employment Counselor (government ser.); Guidance Counselor (education); Vocational Adviser (education). (references) | |
| Chaperones young people attending social functions held in hotels or restaurants: Greets guests and answers questions regarding program. Arranges for entertainment, such as games, concerts, and motion pictures. Asks guests to observe rules of establishment or reports offenders to HOUSE OFFICER (hotel & rest.). May collect tickets for admission to events. (references) | |
Public Administration | One who assists individual students to make adjustments and choices especially in regard to vocational, educational, and personal matters. Source: European Union. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | An official who directs a group of camp members in some recreational activity (as swimming, dramatics, handicraft). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CounselorSynonyms: advocate (n), counsel (n), counsellor (n), counselor-at-law (n), pleader (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Advice | Adviser, prompter; counsel, counselor; monitor, mentor, Nestor, magnus Apollo, senator; teacher. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Counselor |
| English words defined with "counselor": Babylonia ♦ counsellorship, counselorship ♦ Dutch uncle ♦ faultfinding ♦ Lord high chancellor of England ♦ Nestor, Nestorian. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "counselor": Freakin, Frogs ♦ INSTRUCTOR, PHYSICAL EDUCATION ♦ teacher, physical education, touring counselor, TRAVEL COUNSELOR, AUTOMOBILE CLUB, traveling clerk. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "counselor": mentor. (references) |
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Screenplays | Our high school guidance counselor used to ask us what you'd do if you had a million dollars and you didn't have to work. (Office Space; writing credit: Mike Judge) Miss Topolsky, all American guidance counselor and big, fat liar. (Roswell; writing credit: Ronald D. Moore; Gretchen J. Berg) | |
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 | John H. Rock, colored counselor / photographed by Richards, Philadelphia. Incident on board the "Octorara," January 26, 1865 ; Negro quarters, Army of the James / sketched by Captain L.L. Langdon. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Florence, Alabama (vicinity). Boy Scout camp. Counselor. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Talking with a counselor or people in tinnitus support groups may be helpful. (references) | |
You may want to consider a counselor trained to help cancer patients deal with their feelings. (references) | ||
Many men also find it helpful to talk to a counselor during the adjustment period after surgery. (references) | ||
Economic History | Austria | Counselor for Commercial Affairs--Joseph B. Kaesshaefer, Jr. (references) |
Djibouti | This act entitled the region to representation by one deputy and one senator in the French Parliament, and one counselor in the French Union Assembly. (references) | |
Syria | Former Minister of Social Affairs and Labor 1962. Legal counselor for the Commercial Bank of Syria since 1985. Languages: Arabic, English, and French. (references) | |
Human Rights | Switzerland | Any licensed attorney may serve as a military defense counselor. (references) |
Colombia | On November 7, FARC guerrillas kidnaped Mireya Mejia Araujo, a peace counselor in Cesar department. (references) | |
Political Economy | Monaco | The other three members are the Counselor for the Interior (who is usually French), the Counselor for Public Works and Social Affairs, and the Counselor for Finance and the Economy. (references) |
Women | Hungary | The hot line operates intermittently for 3-hours each day; a message system exists for the time when a counselor is unavailable. (references) |
Dominica | The Department of Labor recruited a permanent counselor and established a crisis response mechanism to assist women who are victims of domestic violence. (references) | |
Malaysia | Terrengganu's executive counselor in charge of women's and non-Muslim's affairs claimed that the dress code was designed to protect the image of Muslim women and to promote Islam as a way of life. (references) | |
Worker Rights | India | The NGO has been allowed to place a counselor at the West Bengal Remand Home for Women, where rescued trafficking victims are housed. (references) |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "counselor". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Aristobulus | N/A | Biblical | A good counselor |
| Eubulus | N/A | Biblical | Good counselor |
| Hammelech | N/A | Biblical | A counselor |
| Malcham | N/A | Biblical | Their counselor |
| Malchiah | N/A | Biblical | My counselor |
| Malchiel | N/A | Biblical | Counselor |
| Malchus | N/A | Biblical | Counselor |
| Melech | N/A | Biblical | Counselor |
| Mellicu | N/A | Biblical | His counselor |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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1. Counselor, NM |
Expressions using "counselor": Chamber counselor ♦ counsel or counselor ♦ economic counselor ♦ political counselor ♦ privy counselor. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "counselor": counselor-at-law. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "counselor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | këshilltar (adviser, councillor, counsellor, mentor, monitor), avokat (advocate, barrister, counsel, counsellor, jurist, lawyer, vakeel, Vakil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستشار (adviser, chancellor, consultant, council, councillor, mentor), ناصح (preacher), المستشار القانوني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възпитател (educator, mentor, tutor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 顾问 (consultant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rádce (conferee, counsellor), právník (counsellor, jurist, lawyer), poradce (adviser, consultant, counsellor), advokát (attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor, lawyer, solicitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | studentendekaan (counsellor), studentendecaan (counsellor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مستشار, مشاور (Adviser, Consultant), وکیل مدافع (Advocate, Attorney), رایزن (Adviser, Consultant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | moniteur (coach, control receiver, counsellor, counsellor in training), doyen chargé chargé de conseiller les étudiants (counsellor), aide pédagogique individuelle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ratgeberin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύμβουλοσ (adviser, advisor, consultant, consulter, councillor, counsellor, counsilor, director), δικηγόροσ (attorney, counsel, counsellor, lawyer, solicitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tanácsadó (adviser, advisor, advisory, advisory board, aide, consultant, consultative, consulting, mentor), ügyvéd (advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor-at-law, counselor-at-law, intercessor, lawyer, leader, legal practitioner, pleader, shark, solicitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penimbang (pair of scales). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | consulente (advisor, appraiser, consultant, counsel, counsellor), consigliere (advice, adviser, consultant, council, councillor, councilor, counsellor, mentor, monitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 補佐 (adviser, aid, assistance, assistant, help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そう "やく (adviser), しょうぎい" (trustee), ほさ (adviser, aid, assistance, assistant, help), か""くしゃ (adviser), カウンセラー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 카운슬러. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ounselorcay conselheiro (adviser, councillor, counsellor, mentor), advogado (attorney, barrister, bencher, counsel, counsellor, intercessor, lawyer, patron, pleader, solicitor, templar). (various references) советник (advice councilor, adviser, compliance officer, councillor, counsellor). (various references) vaspitač (teacher, tutor), savetnik (adviser, counsellor, informer). (various references) consejero (adviser, consultant, councillor, councilor, counsellor). (various references) familjerådgivare, advokat (advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, intercessor, lawyer, legal adviser, pleader, solicitor). (various references) ผู้ให้คำปรึกษา (counsellor, oracle), ทนายความ (counsel, counsellor, lawyer). (various references) yaz kampı idarecisi (counsellor), müşavir (adviser, advisor, counsellor, syndic), elçiden sonraki diplomat (counsellor), danışman (adviser, advisor, consultant, consulting, counsel, counsellor, guidance conselor, guide, mentor, supervisor), avukat (advocate, attorney, attorney at low, barrister, counsel, counsellor-at-law, counselor-at-law, intercessor, lawyer, mouthpiece, pleader, solicitor, writer to the signet). (various references) радник (adviser, advisor, councillor, counsellor, monitor), вихователь (counsellor, educator, fosterer, nurse-father, tutor), адвокат (advocate, attorney, barrister, counsellor, counsels, jurist, procurator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adsistricem, advocatum, advocatus, amice, amici, amicis, amico, amicorum, amicos, amicum, amicus, auricularium, consiliari, consiliarii, consiliariis, consiliario, consiliariorum, consiliarios, consiliarium, consiliarius, consiliatores, consiliatoribus, consiliatorum, consuasor. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 15, Verse 43 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hlqen iwshf o apo arimaqaiaV euschmwn bouleuthV oV kai autoV hn prosdecomenoV thn basileian tou qeou tolmhsaV eishlqen proV pilaton kai hthsato to swma tou ihsou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Venit Ioseph ab Arimathia nobilis decurio qui et ipse erat expectans regnum Dei et audacter introiit ad Pilatum et petiit corpus Iesu |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa com iosep se æðele refe of arimathiase sylfe godes rice ge-an-bidode. & he dyrstilicein to pilate eode & bæd þas hælendeslichame. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Joseph of Armathie, the noble decurioun, cam, and he abood the rewme of God; and booldli he entride to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Ioseph of Arimathia a noble councelour which also loked for ye kyngdome of God came and went in booldly vnto Pylate and begged ye boddy of Iesu. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 15, Verse 43 |
| Cebuano | si Jose nga taga-Arimatea, usa ka talahurong sakop sa Sanhedrin, nga nagpaabut usab sa gingharian sa Dios, nangahas sa pag-adto kang Pilato sa pagpangayo sa lawas ni Jesus. |
| Croatian | doðe Josip iz Arimateje, ugledan vijeænik, koji takoðer isèekivaše kraljevstvo Božje: odvaži se, uðe k Pilatu i zaiska tijelo Isusovo. |
| Danish | kom Josef fra Arimathæa, en anset Rådsherre, som også selv forventede Guds Rige; han tog Mod til sig og gik ind til Pilatus og bad om Jesu Legeme. |
| Dutch | Kwam Jozef, die van Arimathea was, een eerlijk raadsheer, die ook zelf het Koninkrijk Gods was verwachtende, en zich verstoutende, ging hij in tot Pilatus, en begeerde het lichaam van Jezus. |
| Finnish | Niin Pilatus ihmetteli, oliko hän jo kuollut, ja kutsuttuaan luoksensa sadanpäämiehen kysyi tältä, oliko hän jo kauan sitten kuollut. |
| French | arriva Joseph d`Arimathée, conseiller de distinction, qui lui-même attendait aussi le royaume de Dieu. Il osa se rendre vers Pilate, pour demander le corps de Jésus. |
| Gaelic | Thainig Ioseph bho Arimatea, comhairleach urramach, aig an robh suil e fhein ri rioghachd Dhe, is chaidh e stigh gu dana go Pilat, agus dh` iarr e corp Iosa. |
| German | kam Joseph von Arimathia, ein ehrbarer Ratsherr, welcher auch auf das Reich Gottes wartete. Der wagte es und ging hinein zu Pilatus und bat um den Leichnam Jesu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka datanglah Yusuf, orang Arimatea, yaitu seorang sidang Majelis Bicara yang kehormatan, ia sendiri juga menanti kerajaan Allah; maka dengan berani hati ia masuk menghadap Pilatus serta meminta mayat Yesus. |
| Latvian | Nâca Jâzeps no Arimatejas, ievçrojams padomnieks, kas pats arî gaidîja Dieva valstîbu, un, iegâjis droði pie Pilâta, lûdza Jçzus miesas. |
| Maori | Ka haere mai a Hohepa o Arimatia, he rangatira runanga, he tangata nui tonu, e tatari ana ano hoki ia ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua; a ka haere maia tonu ki a Pirato, ka inoi i te tinana o Ihu. |
| Norwegian | kom Josef av Arimatea, en høit aktet rådsherre, som også ventet på Guds rike, og han vågde sig til å gå inn til Pilatus og be om Jesu legeme. |
| Portuguese | José de Arimatéia, ilustre membro do sinédrio, que também esperava o reino de Deus, cobrando ânimo foi Pilatos e pediu o corpo de Jesus. |
| Rumanian | a venit Iosif din Arimatea, un sfetnic cu vazq al soborului, care wi el awtepta Kmpqrqyia lui Dumnezeu. El a kndrqznit sq se ducq la Pilat ca sq cearq trupul lui Isus. |
| Shuar | Arimiatíanmaya Jusé arantutsuk, kakaram ajas, Piratuí Jeá Jesusa ayashin seatajtsa utuamiayi. Nu Jusencha Ashí irunin ainia nu anturin ármiayi. Niisha Yus ju nunkanam akupin ajasat tusa Nákasmiayi. |
| Swahili | Hapo akaja Yosefu mwenyeji wa Armathaya, mjumbe wa Baraza Kuu, aliyeheshimika sana. Yeye pia alikuwa anatazamia kuja kwa Ufalme wa Mungu. Basi, alimwendea Pilato bila uoga, akaomba apewe mwili wa Yesu. |
| Swedish | Josef från Arimatea, en ansedd rådsherre och en av dem som väntade på Guds rike, tog därför nu mod till sig och gick in till Pilatus och utbad sig att få Jesu kropp. |
| Uma | tumai-mi hadua tauna to rahanga' Yusuf to Arimatea. Yusuf toei, hadua topohura agama Yahudi to rabila', mahae moto-imi-hana mpopea tempo-na Alata'ala jadi' Magau' hi dunia'. Yusuf mpedahoi' hilou hi Pilatus mperapi' woto-na Yesus. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "counselor": counselors, counselorship, counselorships. (additional references) | |
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"Counselor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: conseiller, Consejo, consejos, conselor, councellor, councelor, councselor, counseiller, counseler, counseller, counsellor, counsilor, counsular, couselor, lounslow. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "counselor" (pronounced kou"nsuler) |
| 7 | k ou" n s u l er | councilor, counsellor. |
| 5 | -n s u l er | chancellor, consular, insular, peninsular. |
| 4 | -s u l er | hustler, nestler, wrestler. |
| 3 | -u l er | abler, alveolar, angular, annular, avuncular, bachelor, binocular, Buckler, Candler, cardiovascular, cellular, circular, curricular, dangler, dissimilar, embezzler, enabler, equiangular, extracurricular, fiddler, gastrovascular, Girdler, glandular, globular, gobbler, granular, hackler, humbler, hurdler, Idler, intercellular, intermolecular, irregular, jeweler, jocular, juggler, jugular, kindler, kittler, Littler, modular, molecular, muscular, needler, nodular, particular, perpendicular, popular, rattler, rectangular, regular, reveler, saddler, secular, semicircular, settler, shuffler, Sidler, similar, simpler, singular, spectacular, Spindler, Stabler, stapler, stickler, subtler, swindler, testicular, tingler, Tinkler, titular, traveler, traveller, triangular, tubular, unicellular, unpopular, unspectacular, vascular, vehicular, vernacular, wrangler. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: consoler, corneous, coronels. | |
-2 letters: cloners, closure, colones, colonus, colours, colures, console, coolers, cornels, coronel, counsel, creosol, lucerns, onerous, unclose, unloose. | |
-3 letters: censor, ceorls, cerous, cloner, clones, clonus, closer, clours, coleus, colone, colons, colors, colour, colure, consol, consul, cooers, cooler, cornel, cornus, course, cresol, crones, croons, crouse, enrols, ensoul, locoes, loners, loosen, looser, lucern. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: counsellor, counselors, undercools. | |
+2 letters: arenicolous, counsellors. | |
+3 letters: censoriously, chloroquines, colorfulness, counterblows, counterflows, counterfoils, counterplots, counterploys, croquignoles, electrotonus, indecorously, monocultures, mononuclears, porcelaneous, proconsulate, supercooling. | |
+4 letters: cavernicolous, ceremoniously, clamorousness, coterminously, counselorship, counterworlds, enterocoelous, interlocutors, nondisclosure, porcellaneous, proconsulates. | |
+5 letters: colorfulnesses, conterminously, counselorships, electrocutions, electrotonuses, nitrocellulose, nondisclosures, nonfluorescent, nucleoproteins, preconsciously, reinoculations, ribonucleoside. | |
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