consultant

nouncommon in dialogue

Canada//kənˈsʌl.tənt//
Australia//kənˈsɐl.tənt//
India//ˈkən.səl.ʈenʈ//

A person or party that is consulted.

noun

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.
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.

Etymology

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.

Forms

plural: consultants

consul · An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and…consulate · Rule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic…consult · A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.

consultant · A person or party that is consulted.

consultation · The act of consulting.Consultation · The 42nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.consume · To use up.

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