'Counsellor' definitions:
Definition of 'counsellor'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'counsellor'
From: GCIDE
- counsellor \counsellor\ n. same as counselor.
- Syn: counselor. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'counsellor'
From: GCIDE
- Counselor \Coun"sel*or\ (koun"s[e^]l*[~e]r), n. [Written also counsellor.] [OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel.]
- 1. One who counsels; an adviser. [1913 Webster]
- Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate.
- Note: [See under Consilor.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.
- Syn: advocate, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law; attorney. [1913 Webster]
- Good counselors lack no clients. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp. [PJC]
Definition of 'Counsellor'
From: 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.