as in adviser
a person who gives advice especially professionally the President's trusted consigliere and chief political strategist

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Recent Examples of consigliere Employees, including security and personal assistants, and Combs’s premier consigliere—a woman named Kristina Khorram, or K.K., a former chief of staff of Combs Enterprises, whom spectators cast as the Ghislaine to Combs’s Epstein—would facilitate his desires and tidy his messes. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025 Potential future consigliere and lawyer Albert Schner (Rob Reiner) has been meeting with Ebra (Edwin Lee Gibson) all season about how profitable The Beef sandwich window attached to The Bear has been. Skyler Trepel, People.com, 29 June 2025 Because Gilroy chose to focus on writing future episodes and rarely came to set, Luna served as his consigliere. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 June 2025 That’s just the way that Jon Rosen, one of Smith’s business consiglieres, likes it. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for consigliere
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Noun
  • The primary role of liaisons is to remove any barriers for students that would prevent them from accessing their education, said Valerie Gyroy, the academic advisor for families with housing insecurity with the Chandler Unified School District.
    Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Consider your budget before selecting a destination and talk to a small-ship travel advisor to get an idea of the region’s typical costs.
    Mary Curry, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
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  • Mom Eva Govea went to Abide for her prenatal and postpartum care, and also met with a lactation consultant and was able to buy donor milk through Abide.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Schwenz has previously worked with Leonardo DiCaprio, Meghan Markle, Arianna Huffington, Comcast and Viacom as a public relations consultant.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the time of the first ICE arrest, Vorbe, a former confidant of late President René Préval, was in a public fight with Moïse after the president targeted his company Société Générale d’Énergie SA.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • First, as a personal confidant for deep reflection.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Consigliere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consigliere. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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