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consultant.

A person or party that is consulted.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kənˈsʌl.tənt/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/kənˈsɐl.tənt/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈkən.səl.ʈenʈ/India
  1. A person or party that is consulted.

  2. A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.

  3. Synonym of informant.

    Canada · US
  4. A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.

    Ireland · UK
Where this word comes from

From French consultant, present participle of consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulere, of uncertain origin.

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