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consultant

noun
Saykuhn-SUL-tuhntUK/kənˈsʌl.tənt/AUS/kənˈsɐl.tənt/

Pluralconsultants

3 meanings of consultant

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A person whose job is to give expert advice or help in a special area.

    Like a coach you hire for your business instead of a sports team.

    The company hired a consultant to help it save money.

    Our school brought in a consultant to plan the new computer lab.

    Similaradviser, expert, specialist, advisor

  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A person or group that someone asks for advice or an opinion.

    Her grandmother is her consultant on all the old family recipes.

    He used his older brother as a consultant when buying his first car.

    Similaradviser, advisor, counselor, confidant

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  3. 3
    nounIrelandUKcountable
    In the UK, a senior hospital doctor who has finished all the training for their special area of medicine.

    After many years of training, she became a consultant at a London hospital.

    The consultant walked through the ward and checked on every patient.

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Origin

It comes from French consultant, from a Latin word meaning "to deliberate" or "to ask advice."