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counsellor
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.
Counselor
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.
Counselorship
Counselorship Coun"sel*or*ship (koun"s?l-?r-sh?p), n. The function and rank or office of a counselor. --Bacon.
Discounsel
Discounsel Dis*coun"sel, v. t. [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.] To dissuade. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Miscounsel
Miscounsel Mis*coun"sel, v. t. To counsel or advise wrongly.

Meaning of counsel from wikipedia

- Look up counsel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A counsel or a counsellor at law is a person who gives advice and deals with various issues, particularly...
- countries, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) is a senior trial lawyer appointed by the monarch of the country as a 'Counsel learned in the law'...
- The Robert Mueller special counsel investigation was an investigation into 45th U.S. president Donald Trump regarding Russian interference in the 2016...
- ****ociate nor partner. Some firms use titles such as "counsel", "special counsel", and "senior counsel" for the same concept. According to American Bar ****ociation...
- A general counsel, also known as chief counsel or chief legal officer (CLO), is the chief in-house lawyer for a company or a governmental department. In...
- The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British...
- In the United States, a special counsel (formerly called special prosecutor or independent counsel) is a lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially...
- Standby counsel or advisory counsel refers to a lawyer who ****ists a client who has invoked their right to self-representation. If the client becomes...
- In criminal law, the right to counsel means a defendant has a legal right to have the ****istance of counsel (i.e., lawyers) and, if the defendant cannot...
- Crown counsel are lawyers, generally in Common Law jurisdictions, who provide advice to the government and acts as prosecutors in cases. In various jurisdictions...