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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that advises, such as a person or firm that offers official or professional advice to clients.
  • noun An educator who advises students in academic and personal matters.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who gives advice or admonition; also, in a bad sense, one who instigates or persuades.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who advises.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who advises.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an expert who gives advice

Etymologies

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to advise + -er

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  • See advisor for details of etymology and preferences. In a nutshell: BrE somewhat prefers -er, AmE -or, but it's not a simple split.

    March 24, 2009