Counsellor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Counsellor	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Counsellor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
counsellor n someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp [syn: counselor, counsellor] someone who gives advice about problems Synonym(s): counselor, counsellor a lawyer who pleads cases in court Synonym(s): advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader
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 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.