advisor

English

Alternative forms

• adviser

Etymology

advise +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ædˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ædˈvaɪ.zɚ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

advisor (plural advisors)

1. One who offers advice.

   Synonyms: counselor, consultant

2. (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.

Usage notes

In the UK, the spelling is traditionally adviser, though US spelling advisor is becoming increasingly common. In the US, Associated Press style is adviser, and most newspapers and some magazines follow that spelling, whereas US federal government style, other government agencies, and many businesses prefer advisor. News organizations around the world may change spelling found in sources, even in quoted material. US book publishers may be less likely to change spelling in quoted material because this practice is contrary to The Chicago Manual of Style.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Xiangqi pieces in English (see also: xiangqi) (layout · text)
general	advisor	elephant	horse	chariot	cannon	soldier

Further reading

• “advisor”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “advisor, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “advisor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “advisor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “advisor” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Radoviš

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin advīsor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at.ˈvi.sɔr/
• Rhymes: -sɔr, -ɔr, -r
• Hyphenation: ad‧vi‧sor

Noun

advisor (plural advisor-advisor, first-person possessive advisorku, second-person possessive advisormu, third-person possessive advisornya)

1. advisor: one who offers advice.

   Synonym: penasihat

Related terms

Further reading

• “advisor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From advisō +‎ -tor.

Noun

advīsor m (genitive advīsōris); third declension

1. (New Latin) advisor
   • 1658, Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, vel à Catholicis Scriptoribus celebrantur, quæ ex Latinis & Græcis aliarumque gentium antiquis monumentis, page 898:

     Tali verò tenore vt Macfredus Epiſcopus ſit prouiſor & pater & ordinator & defenſor ac tutor ipſius monaſterij, & omnes Canonici S. Geneſij Sedis Luteuẽſis aduiſores & conſolatores propter Deum, quatenùs illis æterna merces à Domino Ieſu Chriſto.

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   • 1762, Consuetudines Bruxellenses, Latinè redditæ, commentariis ac Notis tam ex Jure Romanorum quam Edictis Principum, nec non Sententiis ac Turbis in earumdem verificationem exhibitis, illustratæ. Accedunt Jura & Consuetudines Supremæ Curiæ Feudalis Brabantiæ, una cum dictarum Consuetudinum indicibus locupletissimis., page 96:

     Quod & locum habet reſpectu illuſtriſſimi Brabantiæ Cancellarii cui partium alterutra libellum ſupplicem offert, ut in cauſa indeciſa coram ruralibus Scabinis pendente conſultores ſeu adviſores tres vel plures decernat, ex quorum Conſilio dictis Scabinis ſententia eſt pronuncianda.

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   • 1802, Joachimi Hopperi, Frisii, Epistolæ ad Viglium ab Aytta Zuichemum Sanctioris Consilii Præsidem, page 92:

     Quæ quidem, inter cætera graviſſima, hoc ſemper perplexum invenit, quod iiſdem literis & reſponſum abſolutum peti videretur, & tamen Adviſorum, tam Ordinum quam Conſiliorum, miſſio promitteretur, quorum utique nullus putabatur fore uſus, ſi non ante reſolutionem examinarentur.

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Declension

Third-declension noun.

Scots

Noun

advisor (plural advisors)

1. advisor

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.