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Synonyms for advisor

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

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Définition of advisor

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.
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Example sentences :
  • I introduced Hoddy as my confidential secretary and advisor.
  • Extract from : « Lone Star Planet » by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
  • What right have I given her to be my advisor, because I go to her husband's church?
  • Extract from : « Miss Mackenzie » by Anthony Trollope
  • The advisor missed it; he was too engrossed in his argument.
  • Extract from : « Desire No More » by Algirdas Jonas Budrys
  • The advisor, not much older than Isherwood, shrugged, defeated.
  • Extract from : « Desire No More » by Algirdas Jonas Budrys
  • The advisor lifted two fingers to the bartender and shrugged.
  • Extract from : « Desire No More » by Algirdas Jonas Budrys
  • The advisor cramped his hand a little too tightly around his glass.
  • Extract from : « Desire No More » by Algirdas Jonas Budrys
  • With Mr. Matthews, who was Dicks advisor, he was soon on close terms of intimacy.
  • Extract from : « Quarter-Back Bates » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • He has not flown, and has acted as advisor to his company as they turn out more and more modern planes.
  • Extract from : « Famous Flyers » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • Nor, for that matter, am I an advisor in either an official or unofficial capacity to any government.
  • Extract from : « Anchorite » by Randall Garrett
  • Resignation should be requested of any advisor who has outgrown the ability to learn.
  • Extract from : « Adequate Preparation for the Teacher of Biological Sciences in Secondary Schools » by James Daley McDonald

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