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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ad-vahy-zer
Phonetic Transcription : ædˈvaɪ zər



Definition of advisors

Origin :
  • 1610s, agent noun from advise (v.). Meaning "military person sent to help a government or army in a foreign country" is recorded from 1915. Alternative form, Latinate advisor, is perhaps a back-formation from advisory.
  • noun person who recommends, teaches, or otherwise helps
  • noun guide
Example sentences :
  • Here are my advisors; here my trusty, never-tiring assistants.
  • Extract from : « The Affair of the Brains » by Anthony Gilmore
  • The head of Business and Manufacturing declined to bring any of his advisors.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • Candar strode from the room followed by the marshals, the advisors, the interpreters.
  • Extract from : « Evil Out of Onzar » by Mark Ganes
  • Dr. Morris, whom we all know as the dean of northern nut culture, is a member of our Board of Advisors.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association
  • And Mary was surrounded with advisors who were even more fanatical and cruel than the Queen herself.
  • Extract from : « A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines » by Clayton Edwards
  • Alexis was a kind-hearted man, but preferred to leave the arduous duties of governing the Russian State to his advisors.
  • Extract from : « A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines » by Clayton Edwards
  • Dulaq stood in the midst of a group of advisors before the looming impersonality of the machine.
  • Extract from : « The Dueling Machine » by Benjamin William Bova
  • The prime minister's face suddenly hardened; his advisors lapsed into a respectful silence.
  • Extract from : « The Dueling Machine » by Benjamin William Bova
  • The President and his advisors would not allow the Whigs to vote alone for supplies.
  • Extract from : « Lincoln, the Politician » by T. Aaron Levy
  • William, like most English sovereigns before him, had chosen his advisors from among all parties.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Mankind » by Hendrik Van Loon

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